This was very interesting. Thanks for the link to that post, Dave.
I think that this could be a very powerful feature, especially if it is
accessible to blind users. As Paul stated, it looks like the menus will
still be available, and hotkeys should still work. If this works out (as
stated before with accessibility implemented), I think it would be
pretty amazing.
Just take this scenario for example:
You are doing something in LibreOffice, and you forgot the shortcut
key(s) to edit different styles. You could use ALT+F to open the file
menu, and navigate through all of the menus until you find what you are
looking for, or you could simply open up the HUD and type in "Style" and
have every style-related option which exists in the menu trees presented
to you. That would definitely save a ton of time.
it seems really intuitive.
All I can say is that I installed windows 8 Developer Preview into a
virtual machine today so that I could begin learning it so I could help
others when it comes out (I have not been a Windows user for nearly five
years now), and I really love how Unity and GNOME Shell are coming along
much better than the Windows 8 interface. I know that there is still
probably a lot of...I'll just call it user frustration...surrounding
Unity and GNOME Shell (I was one who was pretty frustrated in the
beginning)...I think that these two desktops (as well as KDE and XFCE)
are really shaping up to be something great, especially in the area of
accessibility.
I am really looking forward to seeing what the future holds for Linux
desktops.
Thanks again for the link, Dave.
On 01/24/2012 12:48 PM, Dave Hunt wrote:
After reading this post, I have no idea what the HUD will look like or
how an eyes-free user will use it.
Cheers,
Dave Hunt
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/939
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