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1. I would love if you can add a feature to click the 'play' button on a flash video through the keyboard shortcut. For example on your own page http://thegleebox.com/ there is a video, but to watch that I have to use the mouse.

2. Searching google and other search engines without going through yubnub command (eliminate the extra HTTP get). I know i can search google through the address bar and the search box on top right, typing 'g' is much easier than command+L and command+K.

3. ability to pin/unpin the gleebox so it does not disappear despite http refresh when I open a link in the same tab.

We actually tried to implement the #1 feature. But, as it turns out, there is no easy way of doing that via JavaScript. It definitely would've been awesome.

For #3, we experimented with a hyperglee mode. In that mode, gleeBox shows up automatically when you open a page. It actually exists but is an undocumented feature (since we weren't completely satisfied with the results) :)

In Chrome, you can turn the hyper mode on/off by executing '!set hyper=on/off'. Doesn't work too well in Firefox, though.

Also How about implementing login functionality to websites with such a command ?

lo::facebook (could use your save username/password in firefox) or lo:facebook -u username -p password

Since many a times the login page on websites is uninteresting

That sounds useful. We'll think about it. Thanks!

Item 2 actually works if the text typed is not in any links, my bad :(

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