Ubiquity is fabulous, and abundantly simple. All of the commands I use are denotative terms for the action I want to execute, like "map" or "wikipedia". Sure, there are more complex commands, but the concept of a ubiquitous web CLI is simply brilliant.
Dante Murphy | VP/D User Experience| D I G I T A S H E A L T H 100 Penn Square East| Wanamaker Building, 11th Floor | Philadelphia, PA 19107 | USA Email: dmur...@digitashealth.com www.digitashealth.com -----Original Message----- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of David Little Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:32 AM To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Command line vs. menu driven interface As an aside, has anyone any experience of using Mozilla Ubiquity? http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/ Which introduces elements of a CLI to web browsing? I haven't used it yet so I'm in *absolutely* no position to comment :). But, my first thoughts were how potentially complex it looked. Looking in more detail at the manual (yes, you have to read a manual before you can use it), I can definitely see how it would be useful in some situations for advanced tasks like "first find this, then do that, then send this to x", although that would assume that you'd planned out your tasks that far in advance. 2009/3/24 Nurit Peres <nuri...@gmail.com>: > AutoCAD 2009 still has a command line and from what I see many users > prefer it. But they did invest in moving to a Ribbons menu recently. > I would love to see their data about CLI vs. menu (if they have > any...) > > > Nurit Peres > www.sivandesign.com > > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40330 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- David Little w: www.littled.net t: twitter.com/djlittle ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
