Anton, everyone, I really like the new menubars idea. Definitely worth exploring some more.
> I'd like to point you to the approach taken by the Ubiquity project > (see: > > http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/ > > ), which in turn takes ideas from Quicksilver and Launchbar. They try > to make a usable CLI with a visual treatment that very much resembles > your mockup, just with a more generalized reach. > > They solve many of the usability problems found in traditional CLIs, > although they don't tackle your stated problem of trying to retrieve > recently used commands and store them in a "visual cache". The > solution to this problem found in your proposal is a nice feature, and > it could be a good improvement over a complete CLI system for the > Gnome Shell built following the Ubiquity and Quicksilver models. There's a lot of interest in ways to combine command (text) and graphical interfaces at the moment - an interest that I share. There's definitely an advantage there for repetitive actions, as well as some exciting possibilities around natural language input. Anton - if you're thinking about how you might go about embedding a CLI in the menubar, it might be worth considering the Cimi's ideas [1] about Do-ifying GTK 3.0. It would be exciting to see a convergence of your ideas and theirs (at the very least, for the sake of consistency across the desktop). Allan [1] http://www.cimitan.com/blog/2009/01/31/do-ifying-gtk-30/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
