On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Jeff Garbers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To me the interesting thing about Quicksilver is how it *combines* a > keyboard-based interface with rich visuals in a really novel way. > It's totally different from a traditional command line in how it > provides visual feedback on matches and builds "commands" according to > its own simple syntax as keys are pressed. Interesting subject... this actually relates quite strongly to my reasons for starting the "history of interaction" thread a couple days ago. Inspired by Quicksilver and Don Norman's recent article on the subject, I'm doing my masters research on ways to combine GUI/WIMP interfaces with CLI-esque interaction to receive the benefits of both. I'm in the very early phases of research, and what I'm doing right now is trying to nail down exactly what the benefits of command lines are, what was lost when GUIs took over, and how it the benefits can be brought back. I made a prototype of such a thing, which basically ended up being "ugly Quicksilver for Open Office", for a class project and got pretty decent results from KLM-GOMS modelling as well as a real user evaluation. Unfortunately, the code isn't anywhere near stable enough to release, but there are some pictures and charts as well as a 20 page paper for the truly brave here (no nasty comments on the web site design please, I am absolutely not a web developer :) ) http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~jchendy/ate.htm -Jeff ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
