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I've see this pre-defined select an option chat UI in a few apps now. I wonder if everyone is just duplicating off each other or there is a framework (like Chatto for Swift) that is being used. I've seen this on Quartz, Digit, Square Cash and now Ozlo. Anyone know what the design pattern is even called?

Why isn't it just a menu?

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#12

I've see this pre-defined select an option chat UI in a few apps now. I wonder if everyone is just duplicating off each other or there is a framework (like Chatto for Swift) that is being used. I've seen this on Quartz, Digit, Square Cash and now Ozlo. Anyone know what the design pattern is even called?

Hi - we developed our suggestions UI quite some time ago. I think variations are becoming more popular because it's a way of solving the "invisible UI" problem for conversational systems.

Note that with Ozlo, however, our suggestions are just shortcuts. You can also text Ozlo anything you like by tapping on his avatar in the bottom left corner.

Many people who build these are actually just doing menu systems.

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#13

I've see this pre-defined select an option chat UI in a few apps now. I wonder if everyone is just duplicating off each other or there is a framework (like Chatto for Swift) that is being used. I've seen this on Quartz, Digit, Square Cash and now Ozlo. Anyone know what the design pattern is even called?

Why isn't it just a menu?

Our suggestions are more like auto-suggest; you can type anything you want. See above!

Re: Introducing Ozlo – Personal AI chatbot

#14

I've see this pre-defined select an option chat UI in a few apps now. I wonder if everyone is just duplicating off each other or there is a framework (like Chatto for Swift) that is being used. I've seen this on Quartz, Digit, Square Cash and now Ozlo. Anyone know what the design pattern is even called?

Annoying.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, whoops. I signed up but didn't realize it was only for iOS. That's unfortunate, I was interested in checking it out. I should have read more before clicking the link, that's on me.

Other platforms coming soon! You're invite will still be good. :)

Cool, I went ahead and signed up too.

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Hey! I'm one of the co-founders of Ozlo. Excited to finally to get to share him with you today. If you want early access, sign up here and we'll let you in: http://ozlo.com?vip=hackernews

Are you guys using a service for managing the waitlist or did you build it inhouse?

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#19

I don't mean to undermine your efforts, but google seems to give me mostly the same information. How do you plan to edge them out/differentiate?

If Google works for you, stick with it! Ozlo is for those questions where using Google would make you do all the work - like finding the best place for a burger in SOMA or automatically remembering restaurants you wanted to try.

You can see some added examples in our blog post: https://medium.com/teamozlo/introducing-ozlo-d5cce73d7ba5

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#20

I don't mean to undermine your efforts, but google seems to give me mostly the same information. How do you plan to edge them out/differentiate?

From what I can tell, this seems to reduce the cognitive load of a search session way more than using Google (for certain use cases).

The advantages are: fewer clicks/taps, session state is saved on the page and suggestions reduce typing. They seem like minor things but make a huge difference in practice when you are trying to decide between a few options.

That being said, curious to see if the team can get handle the limitations of machine learning and maintain the quality of search as it scales.

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