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How about, when you perform an action manually it says "by the way, in future you can just tell me to ..."

by jenscow 10y ago

puddintane 10y ago
I have a plugin for IntelliJ's Webstorm/Phpstorm that does just this and it's amazing - whenever I use an item that has a shortcut it pops open that short cut so I can slowly learn them. If I also use something that doesn't have a shortcut 3 times within the programs running then it asks me if I want to set a shortcut for that action. I think as time goes on Google will eventually be on this route considering how well it works (at least with the first portion of showing the shortcut command whenever I use it). However that still wouldn't solve the problem of the users having to learn the commands from scratch first so if they don't know it exists they would never learn the shortcut for it in "OK Google"
- ntpeters 10y ago
  What plugin is that? Sounds like that'd actually come in pretty handy!
  - puddintane 10y ago
    It's amazing and I will link the phpStorm/webStorm but as I am looking I am pretty sure it has been ported to all the IntelliJ products and even more. The only down side is it's not great on looks but honestly it's a popup to tell you a shortcut so it fits well for the purpose "Key promoter" https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/4455 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/4455
  - squeaky-clean 10y ago
    Guessing they're referring to Key Promoter. https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/1003 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/1003
Gracana 10y ago
Like how google apps tell you to use the keyboard every time you try to copy/paste with your mouse? I hate that so much!
- pizzapill 10y ago
  Imho this is because a lot of browsers don't support it because it does work in Chrome.
wldcordeiro 10y ago
Using the search predictions and history as cues, if you're doing something that has a voice command would work too. Like if you start typing out "weather near" have a tooltip of the voice button with a caption like "Try with voice?" that you can tap and it would then turn on the mic and give you a karaoke style prompt with blanks for you to fill.
hammock 10y ago
The Google app does this in a lot of places, in addition to suggesting "things to try."
aylons 10y ago
Not a new problem, nor a new solution: emacs has done this for a long time [1]. I wonder if we have to pass through all design stages every time something changes. [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/M_002dx.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/M_...

How about, when you perform an action manually it says "by the way, in future you can just tell me to ..."

by jenscow 10y ago

How about, when you perform an action manually it says "by the way, in future you can just tell me to ..."

I have a plugin for IntelliJ's Webstorm/Phpstorm that does just this and it's amazing - whenever I use an item that has a shortcut it pops open that short cut so I can slowly learn them. If I also use something that doesn't have a shortcut 3 times within the programs running then it asks me if I want to set a shortcut for that action. I think as time goes on Google will eventually be on this route considering how well it works (at least with the first portion of showing the shortcut command whenever I use it). However that still wouldn't solve the problem of the users having to learn the commands from scratch first so if they don't know it exists they would never learn the shortcut for it in "OK Google"

ntpeters 10y ago
What plugin is that? Sounds like that'd actually come in pretty handy!
- puddintane 10y ago
  It's amazing and I will link the phpStorm/webStorm but as I am looking I am pretty sure it has been ported to all the IntelliJ products and even more. The only down side is it's not great on looks but honestly it's a popup to tell you a shortcut so it fits well for the purpose "Key promoter" https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/4455 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/4455
- squeaky-clean 10y ago
  Guessing they're referring to Key Promoter. https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/1003 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/1003

Gracana 10y ago

Like how google apps tell you to use the keyboard every time you try to copy/paste with your mouse? I hate that so much!

pizzapill 10y ago
Imho this is because a lot of browsers don't support it because it does work in Chrome.

wldcordeiro 10y ago

Using the search predictions and history as cues, if you're doing something that has a voice command would work too. Like if you start typing out "weather near" have a tooltip of the voice button with a caption like "Try with voice?" that you can tap and it would then turn on the mic and give you a karaoke style prompt with blanks for you to fill.

hammock 10y ago

The Google app does this in a lot of places, in addition to suggesting "things to try."

aylons 10y ago

Not a new problem, nor a new solution: emacs has done this for a long time [1]. I wonder if we have to pass through all design stages every time something changes. [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/M_002dx.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/M_...