Taskfox/Verbs
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Possible Verbs
The following is a table of verbs that should be considered for inclusion in Firefox. Some verbs will take free-form text input, while others will use specific noun types.
| Command | Description | Cost | Desirability |
| SEARCH query WITH engine | Search for something using the installed search engines. | Low | High |
| TRANSLATE text/url TO language | Translate a given block of text, or a URL, to the desired language. | Low | High |
| WEATHER location FOR date | Finds what the current (or future) weather is, and the forecast, for a given location. Will use geo-location to find user's current location. | Low | Medium |
| SHOP FOR product WITH store | Access to online shopping, searching for products. | Medium | High |
| MAP location | Show a map of a location. Potentially with directions, if current geolocation is known. | Medium | High |
| FIND text | Find within the current page. | Low | Medium |
| TAB name/url | Switch to a tab | Low | Medium |
| BOOKMARK name TAG tag-name | Bookmark and add a tag to this page. | Low | High |
| EMAIL message TO contact USING service | Open (or send?) an email to a given contact. | High | High |
| DEFINE word/phrase | Lookup a word in a dictionary. | High | High |
| SHARE comment ON social-network | Share this page (or a comment) on a social network. | Medium | Medium |
| TICKETS show/screening ON date VIA service | Find tickets for movies, shows, gigs, etc. | Medium | Medium |
| MOVIE title ON service | Find information on a film/movie | Medium | Medium |
| MUSIC title/artist/album ON service | Find information/stream/CDs for an artist, album, or song title. | Medium | Medium |
Also included will be the major providers for various services (determined by the locale). For instance, Google as a shortcut for "search with google", Amazon for "shop on amazon", Twitter for "share on twitter", etc.
Verbs that will not be included
- Commands duplicating existing browser functionality (eg, back, reload, close, restart)
- Ubiquity specific commands (eg, command-editor, command-list, skin-list)
- Page editing commands (eg, underline, bold, italic)
