Ideas for Computing

#1

Post by samsquire » Sun, Jul 21, 2013, 9:30 AM UTC

I've been writing my ideas down for years. This is a 100 ideas forming an idea of how computers could be.

Ideas for Computing
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Re: Ideas for Computing

#2

Post by txutxu » Sun, Jul 21, 2013, 10:04 AM UTC

I've like many of the ideas. Inspiring. +1

I don't understand very well how would you like to implement the "93 Shell Output Pinning". Usually I do that with an array variable.

Re: Ideas for Computing

#3

Post by oliver_FF » Sun, Jul 21, 2013, 10:47 AM UTC

"8. Command Auto-complete" This would be awesome.

Re: Ideas for Computing

#4

Post by tsahyt » Sun, Jul 21, 2013, 10:50 AM UTC

oliver_FF wrote: post #3

"8. Command Auto-complete" This would be awesome.

Doesn't bash already do something vaguely similar though? I noticed it can complete flags and options now. zsh has been capable of this for a long time too.

It doesn't convert between long and short options or sort arguments but it does help you by offering the completion which means less typing and slightly less memorization.

Re: Ideas for Computing

#5

Post by jitnut » Sun, Jul 21, 2013, 10:58 AM UTC

Loved the idea of EmailMetaData. I was thinking on similar lines on creating a smarter email system for businesses.

Re: Ideas for Computing

#6

Post by oliver_FF » Sun, Jul 21, 2013, 11:05 AM UTC

tsahyt wrote: post #4

oliver_FF wrote: post #3

"8. Command Auto-complete" This would be awesome.

Doesn't bash already do something vaguely similar though? I noticed it can complete flags and options now. zsh has been capable of this for a long time too. It doesn't convert between long and short options or sort arguments but it does help you by offering the completion which means less typing and slightly less memorization.

Sure, but it would be great if it went a little further: "... and/or provides a documentation panel for that argument". Having a one-liner to explain what ls's `--dired` does without having to drop down to a new line and look it up would be great, displaying the first sentence of the relevant section of the man page could be enough?

Re: Ideas for Computing

#7

Post by igravious » Sun, Jul 21, 2013, 11:13 AM UTC

This a well of useful and thought-provoking ideas.

I would like to point out a general theme though. A lot of these ideas seem most relevant to technical savvy people and I think why a lot of them (especially UI stuff) have not been implemented is because interfaces must cater to everybody.

Perhaps what we need more of is a dev mode switch (s/w or h/w) like the Chromebook has which enables a lot of these ideas so that the ordinary user is not overwhelmed.

Some of the ideas in the list are aimed at a general audience though. So perhaps each entry in the list needs to make a note of who the target audience is.

Re: Ideas for Computing

#8

Post by tiziano88 » Sun, Jul 21, 2013, 11:23 AM UTC

jitnut wrote: post #5

Loved the idea of EmailMetaData. I was thinking on similar lines on creating a smarter email system for businesses.

would it be something like this: https://developers.google.com/gmail/schemas/ ?

Re: Ideas for Computing

#9

Post by samsquire » Sun, Jul 21, 2013, 11:28 AM UTC

tiziano88 wrote: post #8

jitnut wrote: post #5

Loved the idea of EmailMetaData. I was thinking on similar lines on creating a smarter email system for businesses.

would it be something like this: https://developers.google.com/gmail/schemas/ ?

Exactly like that, I'll add it to the existing list.

Re: Ideas for Computing

#10

Post by dsego » Sun, Jul 21, 2013, 11:31 AM UTC

Well, number 9 already exists in some form on OS X. You can't drag because it drags the window, but if you click on the file name in the title you get a dialog with some file options (rename, move, duplicate, ...).