Ubuntu's HUD: Light-years beyond any menu system(techrepublic.com)
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Ubuntu's HUD: Light-years beyond any menu system
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/ubuntus-hud-light-years-beyond-any-menu-system/3535
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What's odd to me is that Ubuntu and Gnome are both working separately on things that look remarkably similar. This is the same stuff that Gnome 3 does - pulls up applications, folders, commands, etc via a translucent overlay at the press of a button. The only difference is Ubuntu makes it a HUD so that it doesn't take up the whole screen.
I kind of like Gnome's implementation better, but I can't really use either of them; the Gnome version breaks Alt-Tab (forcing it to cycle window groups instead of windows, and not allowing an option to change this) and Ubuntu breaks a lot of my personal customization (Gnome-Do + AutoKey).
I kind of like Gnome's implementation better, but I can't really use either of them; the Gnome version breaks Alt-Tab (forcing it to cycle window groups instead of windows, and not allowing an option to change this) and Ubuntu breaks a lot of my personal customization (Gnome-Do + AutoKey).
For example: I’m in Firefox and I want to go the extensions page. I hit Alt (to open up the HUD) and type add.
That seems contrived. Will it work if you start typing out "extension"?
That seems contrived. Will it work if you start typing out "extension"?
> Light-years beyond any menu system
Mac OS X introduced this type of uniform menu search and result navigation with Leopard in 2007.
Cmd-?
It's great. I use it all the time.
Mac OS X introduced this type of uniform menu search and result navigation with Leopard in 2007.
Cmd-?
It's great. I use it all the time.
zsh with tilda handles just about all my needs as far as navigating about my computer, and throwing commands at it.
HUD - Horrible UI Design.. !!
If I want to know all the formatting, sizing, coloring stuff that can be done to a word/line/paragraph, what do I type into the HUD?