Re:Firefox future could be without tabs
by cturner on Sunday April 26, 2009 @05:41AM
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Reminds me of the Bloomberg UI approach, which is an established GUI that is an interesting blend of command line and GUI. I'm confident that this interface approach could be used to create a better hitchhikers' guide to the galaxy than the current mouse-oriented HTML+DOM+JS+flash horror. Part of the trick with a keyboard-oriented platform like this is that under no circumstance can something be allowed to hijack the keyboard to prevent you from getting back to the command-line in the way that flash does at the moment.
In Bloomberg, users type sequence of commands into a fixed console that is similar in concept to a browser bar. Pressing return causes the application to load. You get command-line power and more visuals than are possible in curses. I think this is so far the best example in common use of a blend GUI.
For the purpose of discussion, it's a shame its distribution is on an exclusive platform. If anyone has access to a Bloomberg terminal and necessary skills to export the video signal to a system whereby a video can be taken of it, it would be great to have some demos of this interface on youtube for demonstration.
My memories of it are weak - I've only had opportunity to play with it myself a couple of times. Every time I see it demonstrated I'm impressed by the model but think of a dozen things I'd want to improve about it.
In Bloomberg, users type sequence of commands into a fixed console that is similar in concept to a browser bar. Pressing return causes the application to load. You get command-line power and more visuals than are possible in curses. I think this is so far the best example in common use of a blend GUI.
For the purpose of discussion, it's a shame its distribution is on an exclusive platform. If anyone has access to a Bloomberg terminal and necessary skills to export the video signal to a system whereby a video can be taken of it, it would be great to have some demos of this interface on youtube for demonstration.
My memories of it are weak - I've only had opportunity to play with it myself a couple of times. Every time I see it demonstrated I'm impressed by the model but think of a dozen things I'd want to improve about it.