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If you already have Ubiquity, it will automatically update itself soon (you can also go to the add-ons manager and click "Find Updates" if you are feeling impatient). If you don't already have Ubiquity installed, you can | If you already have Ubiquity, it will automatically update itself soon (you can also go to the add-ons manager and click "Find Updates" if you are feeling impatient). If you don't already have Ubiquity installed, you can [https://ubiquity.mozilla.com/xpi/ubiquity-latest.xpi get the latest version of Ubiquity here]. | ||
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Revision as of 17:24, 10 March 2009
Back to Labs/Ubiquity.
Main Features
Locked-Down Feeds
Ubiquity 0.1.7 offers users a new way to access untrusted functionality called Locked-Down Feeds. A Locked-Down Feed is much like a regular feed, with the exception that it's run in a very restricted sandbox environment that severely mitigates any kind of damage that it can do to your computer. Not only will this make it easier for users to try out new command feeds, but it will also make it easier for command authors to rest assured that their commands won't accidentally do harm to their users' data.
For information on how to write locked-down feeds, check out our Locked-Down Feed Tutorial.
Bug Reporting
Ubiquity 0.1.7 now has a full-fledged report-bug command, which Atul has blogged about in his post Automatic Bug Reporting for Firefox Extensions. If you have problems with Ubiquity, please feel free to contribute a bug report to the public domain using this command.
Download It
If you already have Ubiquity, it will automatically update itself soon (you can also go to the add-ons manager and click "Find Updates" if you are feeling impatient). If you don't already have Ubiquity installed, you can get the latest version of Ubiquity here.
Thanks
Thanks to the Ubiquity core team for all their hard work on this release!
In Depth
The complete list of fixes for this release can be viewed at the Ubiquity 0.1.7 Milestone.
General
- It's now easier to view the source code of command feeds. (#569)
- Ubiquity is now compatible with a wider variety of Firefox releases. (#581)
- Ubiquity previews now work a little more smoothly on Windows. (#561)
For Command Authors
- If you're a fan of regular expressions, as of Ubiquity 0.1.7 you can just put a regular expression in place of a noun type object when specifying the takes option in CmdUtils.CreateCommand(), and Ubiquity will take care of the rest. Make sure you specify the regular expression as either a regular expression literal or a RegExp object. (#342)
- jQuery has been upgraded to 1.3.2. (#588)