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Re: Show HN: idea for the future of document editing

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Post by krapp »

sonier wrote: post #4
jnazario wrote: post #3

hey that's pretty cool. given that i was just reading about ted nelson's project xanadu this fits pretty neatly with that. hopefully you can tune it to ignore various words that have less impact on things and instead focus on more core and unique elements.

That is the idea, I would like to go one step further. I see it as being in 2 possible 'states' The first would be some overview of the document and the second would be very relevant to what you are typing right now and what you are about to type. For example if you typed "Ted Nelson" right away you should get a picture, bio, birthday and anything else that may be relevant.

Some terms could use further disambiguation. For instance - 'lance armstrong' brings up lance, arms (but not arm) and armstrong (which is apparently an airport in Louisiana) but not Lance Armstrong. Cobra brings up the snake, the Cabinet Office Briefing Room but not the insurance plan.

Still, it is pretty cool.

Re: Show HN: idea for the future of document editing

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Post by whatshisface »

sonier wrote: post #9
notatoad wrote: post #7

FYI: relevant, not relevent. It's a cool idea, but presented in a sidebar like that i think it's mostly a distraction. when you're writing you want less outside information, not more.

Fixed, thanks. I guess there would need to be the ability to hide the sidebar in a more usable version. Thanks for that tip! EDIT: grammar

What if instead of a sidebar, you could get information about a word by putting your mouse over it and doing something? (does javascript let you trap rightclicks?)

Re: Show HN: idea for the future of document editing

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Post by sprobertson »

whatshisface wrote: post #12
sonier wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fixed, thanks. I guess there would need to be the ability to hide the sidebar in a more usable version. Thanks for that tip! EDIT: grammar

What if instead of a sidebar, you could get information about a word by putting your mouse over it and doing something? (does javascript let you trap rightclicks?)

The nice thing about a sidebar is you can investigate a broader scope of the document's semantic content, as opposed to just specific sections. (but yes, it does... and this might be a good way to narrow the context)

Re: Show HN: idea for the future of document editing

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Post by flipstewart »

So... does this actually work?

I'm using the latest Safari and OS X 10.8... if I delete the contents of the text box, four of the terms on the right remain.

If I enter new content... still just those four terms.

edit: the more I write, the less terms there are on the right, but they're still terms from the original content... if I type a word twice, I get the definition... three times and it goes away.

Re: Show HN: idea for the future of document editing

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Post by sonier »

flipstewart wrote: post #18

So... does this actually work? I'm using the latest Safari and OS X 10.8... if I delete the contents of the text box, four of the terms on the right remain. If I enter new content... still just those four terms. edit: the more I write, the less terms there are on the right, but they're still terms from the original content... if I type a word twice, I get the definition... three times and it goes away.

There are in fact a lot of bugs, it was written in just a few hours as a proof of concept.
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