Personally I see it as shortcuts. I've used Quicksilver for quite some time. Typing "PS4" and hitting return launches Photoshop CS4. This is far faster than locating the app itself and launching it.
The location bar of the browser has become packed with functionality over the last few years. OmniWeb searched your history when you typed in the location bar. Firefox included the page titles. Plenty of browsers made it possible to search in the location bar, and Google Chrome got rid of the search box altogether. Meanwhile, InquisitorX provided splendid predictive search that let you jump directly from search field to site, and the Pagerization script for Greasemonkey allows you to scroll down through page upon page of search results at Google and other sites (I heartily recommend this plugin). They're all little tweaks, but in sum, they're shortcuts to what you're looking for. Note: they also reinforce the power law winners. ________________________________________________________________ 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
