Ubuntu's HUD: Light-years beyond any menu system

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/ubuntus-hud-light-years-beyond-any-menu-system/3535

by maudlinmau5 • 14 years ago

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frou_dh• 14 years ago

> 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.

naner• 14 years ago

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"?

spdub• 14 years ago

zsh with tilda handles just about all my needs as far as navigating about my computer, and throwing commands at it.

kstenerud• 14 years ago

And if I'm looking for a way in gimp to change all the reddish pixels to greenish, what do I type into the HUD?

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?

naughtysriram• 14 years ago

HUD - Horrible UI Design.. !!

koeselitz• 14 years ago

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).

malux85• 14 years ago

Light years is a measure of distance NOT time, the cliche "years ahead of something" is TIME.

Sweet Jesus this annoys me

ertdfgcb• 14 years ago

I interpreted it as very far ahead distance-wise If this was a race Ubuntu would have a sizable lead, according to TechRepublic.

Ubuntu's HUD: Light-years beyond any menu system

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