[Bf-taskforce25] search-based workflow

[Shaul Kedem]

... or you can move the cursor [in natural lang mode, or nlm] without
showing it on screen, "under the hood" as it were

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:05 AM, William Reynish <william at reynish.com> wrote:
> Enso is a nice idea, in that it is completely non-modal, and works in
> all cases. It could indeed be a nice way to use searching for
> operators. The question again is about context - should it follow the
> context of where the cursor currently is? This is what Blender does
> now - hotkeys only respond to actions within the current editor, which
> is where the cursor is.
>
> The problem with text-based input for Blender is that you might easily
> lose track of where the cursor is, and the command you are calling
> might suddenly not work because the cursor is moved into another
> editor. Same issue exists of macros, as we discussed during Winter Camp.
>
> It may not be that big a problem, especially if the searches are
> clear, and that you can instantly see in which context you are
> performing the search.
>
> Cheers,
>
> W
>
>
> On 12 Mar, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Was googling around, and found this new startup co-founded by Aza
>> (son-of) Raskin.
>> http://humanized.com/enso/
>>
>> Entirely search based tools/actions. Even follows our concept "only
>> use
>> sticky modes while user actively does something".
>>
>> Their search tool works with holding CapsLock, probably they have a
>> way
>> to disable it?
>>
>> Another great post from Aza, it's very close to our work currently:
>> http://humanized.com/weblog/2008/07/18/designing-without-modal-overlays/
>>
>> And some of his work on Mozilla:
>> http://humanized.com/weblog/2008/07/14/ubiquitous-interfaces-
>> ubiquitous-functionality/
>>
>> -Ton-
>>
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