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Find And Run Robot / Re: farr v2 planning - use cases and action idea
« Last post by nontroppo on July 02, 2006, 09:31 AM »Wow! i think these thread get lost in detail and the way forward becomes unclear. sorry not to provide input sooner (bussssssy bee).
to go back to quicksilver - it has no clear edit box but visual indicators:
http://docs.blacktre...quicksilver/overview
it makes no clear distinction between actions and files IIRC (though it is now a long time ago that i last used it) - i think that is good. as it is visual, keyboard guides lists as FARR but with no clear edit box (a very simple UI).
so at first push - i'd want FARR to mix actions and files together. select [object] and you can launch it straight away (action would do nothing). press tab and the next selector comes up, again allowing files or actions. NOW if an action was specified first then to start with the next list can be just files (however think about nested actions described in the other thread).
by using a modifier, the list would be restricted as discussed here. so power users get the benefits of better focus and performance without forcing it on all users.
i likes jan-S's suggestions in the previous thread for a closer way to integrate into FARRs existing UI (the stack of files / actions). However quicksilver has this done visually which i think is more intuitive.
PLEA:
There are many other useful things FARR 2 can achieve. Performance is my #1 issue at the moment and there are many other things in the bugtracker. Please don't block all development of FARR waiting for the perfect solution to this as it won't happen. Incremental updates and some experimental builds will get us further than long theads (over 100posts spread over two threads) with endless possibilities
to go back to quicksilver - it has no clear edit box but visual indicators:
http://docs.blacktre...quicksilver/overview
it makes no clear distinction between actions and files IIRC (though it is now a long time ago that i last used it) - i think that is good. as it is visual, keyboard guides lists as FARR but with no clear edit box (a very simple UI).
so at first push - i'd want FARR to mix actions and files together. select [object] and you can launch it straight away (action would do nothing). press tab and the next selector comes up, again allowing files or actions. NOW if an action was specified first then to start with the next list can be just files (however think about nested actions described in the other thread).
by using a modifier, the list would be restricted as discussed here. so power users get the benefits of better focus and performance without forcing it on all users.
i likes jan-S's suggestions in the previous thread for a closer way to integrate into FARRs existing UI (the stack of files / actions). However quicksilver has this done visually which i think is more intuitive.
PLEA:
There are many other useful things FARR 2 can achieve. Performance is my #1 issue at the moment and there are many other things in the bugtracker. Please don't block all development of FARR waiting for the perfect solution to this as it won't happen. Incremental updates and some experimental builds will get us further than long theads (over 100posts spread over two threads) with endless possibilities
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