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It's not exclusive to slack, for example: twitch chat there are a bunch of text commands that people love to use. When people use emojis and other such things t

It's not exclusive to slack, for example: twitch chat there are a bunch of text commands that people love to use. When people use emojis and other such things they usually use a text macro. If you've noticed with programs like photoshop and illustrator, it's recommended for novices to learn all of the keyboard shortcuts. If anything this points to the future of UI being a combination of text and point and click.

hitekker 11y ago
... and touch?
shortstuffsushi 11y ago
I would argue that designers (and probably most twitch users) are still quite a bit closer to power users than the average user.
onion2k 11y ago
It's not exclusive to slack, for example: twitch chat there are a bunch of text commands that people love to use. People who use Twitch a lot love to use them. People who don't use Twitch much don't bother. This backs up the argument that power users like macros. When people use emojis and other such things they usually use a text macro. True, but that might be because PC keyboards don't have emoji. There's no other option. People certainly don't use a macro on mobile; they use a an emoji keyboard because that's what they prefer. If you've noticed with programs like photoshop and illustrator, it's recommended for novices to learn all of the keyboard shortcuts. There's an assumption when you're learning something with the end goal of understanding that application that you're on the first steps to becoming an expert (aka power user). If someone is only learning how to achieve a single end result they don't start with the shortcuts. For example, someone who just wants to learn how to resize and crop images in Photoshop just learns the two or three features they're going to use and then they stop. I don't know very many people outside of the software industry who are happy with a command line interface, and even fewer who're happy with macros on a command line. Also, if Partyline is the future, then I don't like it. The two examples in the article are inconsistent; /partyline create Signup endpoint is 500'ing label:bug vs /partyline create:task Write about the future of text-based interfaces Why is the first one using a "create" verb with a "bug" label and the second using a "create:task" verb? Why not "create:bug" in the first one, or "label:task" in the second?
- hutattedonmyarm 11y ago
  True, but that might be because PC keyboards don't have emoji. There's no other option. People certainly don't use a macro on mobile; they use a an emoji keyboard because that's what they prefer. I actually set up the few emoji I use as macros, so I don't have to switch keyboards. Then again, I fall into the power-user category

hitekker 11y ago

... and touch?

shortstuffsushi 11y ago

I would argue that designers (and probably most twitch users) are still quite a bit closer to power users than the average user.

onion2k 11y ago

It's not exclusive to slack, for example: twitch chat there are a bunch of text commands that people love to use. People who use Twitch a lot love to use them. People who don't use Twitch much don't bother. This backs up the argument that power users like macros. When people use emojis and other such things they usually use a text macro. True, but that might be because PC keyboards don't have emoji. There's no other option. People certainly don't use a macro on mobile; they use a an emoji keyboard because that's what they prefer. If you've noticed with programs like photoshop and illustrator, it's recommended for novices to learn all of the keyboard shortcuts. There's an assumption when you're learning something with the end goal of understanding that application that you're on the first steps to becoming an expert (aka power user). If someone is only learning how to achieve a single end result they don't start with the shortcuts. For example, someone who just wants to learn how to resize and crop images in Photoshop just learns the two or three features they're going to use and then they stop. I don't know very many people outside of the software industry who are happy with a command line interface, and even fewer who're happy with macros on a command line. Also, if Partyline is the future, then I don't like it. The two examples in the article are inconsistent; /partyline create Signup endpoint is 500'ing label:bug vs /partyline create:task Write about the future of text-based interfaces Why is the first one using a "create" verb with a "bug" label and the second using a "create:task" verb? Why not "create:bug" in the first one, or "label:task" in the second?

hutattedonmyarm 11y ago
True, but that might be because PC keyboards don't have emoji. There's no other option. People certainly don't use a macro on mobile; they use a an emoji keyboard because that's what they prefer. I actually set up the few emoji I use as macros, so I don't have to switch keyboards. Then again, I fall into the power-user category