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Henti Smith replied on August 17, 2009 18:10 to the question "Adding games to your database." in GamerDNA:

Ahh I see now, maybe you should allow this in the "search" drop down function as well, since I didn't go to the "add game" function when I didn't find the menu option specified.

Henti Smith asked a question in GamerDNA on August 17, 2009 16:26:

Adding games to your database.

There are some games that I cannot find in your database. How do I get you to add them ?

A comment on the idea "Chained commands in Ubiquity" in Mozilla:

ahh indeed it did, and here I thought I was being clever :) – Henti Smith, on August 28, 2008 17:06

Henti Smith shared an idea in Mozilla on August 28, 2008 09:50:

Editing and submission of verbs to author.

Add a verb called "edit" that takes a verb as an option. this opens up the verb in the editing system to allow you to make changes etc etc. Once you are done, click on "submit" button to submit changes to verb author as a patch.

Henti Smith shared an idea in Mozilla on August 28, 2008 08:58:

Multiple account support for email

I'd like to have multiple account options for commands. particularly I need something for google. I have a gmail account, but I also have two domains.

When I'm consulting at clients, I sometimes get a workstation o work on and I have multiple windows with Google accounts open. I'd like to send mail via a specific account. for instance :

email this to friend using henti@geekware.co.za

Will email "this" to friend using my henti@geekware.co.za account.

Henti Smith replied on August 28, 2008 08:52 to the idea "possible upgrades to the email command" in Mozilla:

I sometimes want to mail somebody who's mail address I know and might not have on the address book.

email this to unixel@gmail.com

does not work ... It really should.

Henti Smith replied on August 28, 2008 08:49 to the problem "The Name of the Project is Taken" in Mozilla:

Mozilla verbs
Words that work for you.

I like it.

Henti Smith replied on August 28, 2008 08:40 to the idea "Chained commands in Ubiquity" in Mozilla:

hmmm chaining worked for me.

I successfully did :

twitter Ubiquity for firefox ROCKS ! tinyurl http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/intro...

bain replied on August 28, 2008 08:35 to the problem "Default shortcut on Linux (Alt+Space) conflicts with GNOME) shortcut" in Mozilla:

works very well .. a few commands don't seem to work. still trying it out. I've hotkeyed to alt-q since it's more natural for me.

I've made some posts about things I've found etc etc. just wish we had decent bandwidth to get the same response times :P

waiting 30 seconds for "map" command to load the map is not fun :P

bain replied on August 28, 2008 08:32 to the idea "More options in the weather tool" in Mozilla:

I'd like to be able to use my account and/or give the weather in my preferences.

bain replied on August 28, 2008 08:26 to the idea "using escapes (\) for "it", "this"" in Mozilla:

Escaping is not going to work if the goal is to have a natural language for interaction, however finding a way to effectively escape "this" and "it". Two quick possible solutions come to mind.

The first is using how humans and computers differ in "reading" a sentence. for instance. having a sentence that read :

email esc this is really a good idea

will email "this is a really good idea" using the email verb.

The command system will read any word after the "escape words" as normal and not execute. Humans can still use normal language.

A second option is to use duplication in verbs to archive the same result.

twitter I love to twitter twitter, follow me at tinyurl http://twitter.com/unixel

This will execute the twitter verb and detect since a verb was given twice to use it as a normal word instead. In this example I'm also showing that two verbs can be used in one command.

comments etc welcome :)

A comment on the idea "Use "tab" instead of "down arrow key" to select suggestions" in Mozilla:

I don't think the need to complete the command is needed, since the command is executed if it's the only match of strings in the commands. As an expample :

Int he default install typing "w" gives two options, wikipedia and weather. making the command "wi" only leaves wikipedia, hence you can have a command "wi NASA" which will execute wikipedia with a search for NASA, which is the expected results. completing the command is a "nice to have" since the functionality is not limited.

my 5 cents. – bain, on August 28, 2008 07:27