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Hobot replied on December 07, 2008 03:58 to the problem "Context Menu Problem" in Mozilla:

Well I've got my context menu back, but it's just got 10 items in it now and calculate isn't there.

On a more positive note, Ubiquity is performing much better, so thanks for the suggestion!

Hobot started following the problem "Ubiquity upgrade to 0.1.2. Firefox is slow to launch." in Mozilla.

Hobot replied on December 07, 2008 02:47 to the problem "Context Menu Problem" in Mozilla:

Well now I have 0.1.2 and the context menu doesn't show up at all. My computer will think for a bit and then all I get is a tiny grey box when I hover my mouse over "Ubiquity".

Hobot replied on September 05, 2008 16:46 to the problem "Defintions not appearing in Ubiquity box" in Mozilla:

Ok, what can be done about it then, is there a more reliable way of getting definitions?

Hobot replied on September 05, 2008 10:20 to the problem "Defintions not appearing in Ubiquity box" in Mozilla:

Yeah, it started working for awhile yesterday. The problem seems to be intermittent.

Hobot replied on September 04, 2008 17:10 to the idea "Ubiquity accessible outside Firefox browser" in Mozilla:

Yeah it'd be awesome to be able to use Ubiquity in multiple applications as if it were a part of the OS itself. It's amazingly powerful and yet brilliantly easy to use!

I could even see it as part of an interface for a smart phone/PDA. It seems like it would be a real time saver as compared to navigating through a lot of different menus and applications, especially when one considers how limited the inputs of smart phones/PDAs are in comparison to a full blown PC or laptop.

Hobot started following the idea "Ubiquity accessible outside Firefox browser" in Mozilla.

Hobot reported a problem in Mozilla on September 04, 2008 15:54:

Defintions not appearing in Ubiquity box

When I use "Define" the definition does not appear in the box. Hitting enter does open up a new tab and take me to answers.com but I can do that already with the DictionarySearch add-on/extension.

Btw, I'm using Firefox 3 on Windows XP

Hobot marked one of Thomas' replies in Mozilla as useful. Thomas replied to the idea "Unit Conversion Command".

Hobot replied on September 04, 2008 15:18 to the idea "Unit Conversion Command" in Mozilla:

Thanks!

Hobot shared an idea in Mozilla on September 04, 2008 14:00:

Unit Conversion Command

What about a command that converts imperial measurements to metric and vice versa? This could be extended to all sorts of different unit conversions, but to keep it simple and easy to use it might be best to confine it to distance, speed and mass measurements.

Might be rather difficult, but it'd be great if it was context sensitive too so you could convert a whole selection or page.

Hobot reported a problem in Mozilla on September 04, 2008 12:52:

Context Menu Problem

Nothing happens when selecting a calculation (like in the tutorial), right-clicking, and then clicking on "Calculate" in the context menu. However, it works fine when I select the calculation and then issue the "Calculate" command.