Rather than VI commands, which were cryptic and more like shortcuts, the HUD allows easy discoverability and flexible use of natural language in it's search. That actually brings up a good point. The HUD isn't for running commands, it's a search interface.
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 13:41, supernova <supernova...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi to all. Today I have talked about the HUD to an old physicist > Professor; he completely dislikes HUD, guesses that it is like using > VI commands. I explained HUD is intelligent, smart, but he says since > the 80s there has not been any important change on desktops. Well, > apart from graphics that now is really powerful (transparency, > blur...) he says that HUD makes no sense. > > What can I say to argue this opinion, that according to me is too extreme? > > How does Unity make people life better? > > Supernova > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Ian Santopietro Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended" Pa gur yv y porthaur? Public GPG key (RSA): http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234 -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp