I'm thinking something like QuickSilver for ChandlerYou start typing in one context and a single keystroke allows you to break out and start selecting other contexts
On Jun 13, 2006, at 2:43 AM, Jeffrey Harris wrote:
Hi Heikki,I think there is a relatively easy way to distinguish between these inthe UI. Think about the Firefox search box in the upper right. It has adrop down where you can select the search engine to use.I think we could have the Chandler "search" box be a multifunction box.By default the search context would be selected (use magnifying glass icon or something). It would work exactly as Philippe described above. If one were to change the context to "new event", then typing in textand hitting enter would create a new event, parsing date etc. info from the text. If you wanted to search instead you'd have to begin with /search.This could work if there were just a handful of different commands or contexts. Ideally just two: search context and command context.I've been thinking along similar lines, although I'd imagined that for discoverability all commands would be in the drop down. My picture has been of a drop-down menu with not just icons, but also listing the command you'd use if you didn't want to do the currently selected action. It could look something like: /search [*icon*] /event [*icon*] /task [*icon*] /note [*icon*] Switching context to /task mode would make it possible to do what a participant asked for recently on the design list(http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/design/2006-June/ 004836.html),create a series of tasks by just typing the titles and hitting enter.I imagine many people would stay in /search mode all the time, so they'dhave to type /task by hand if they wanted to make a new task. It would be really cool if we got language parsing to the point that my workflow to create a task could be: 1. command+K to get to search bar (that's what Mozilla uses, might as well follow suit) 2. type /task book hotel reservations by Thursday and I'd have a task with appropriate due date. Sincerely, Jeffrey _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Open Source Applications Foundation "chandler-dev" mailing list http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-dev
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