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One thing people don't want to do is have to memorize a syntax just to use a search engine. A lot of people have trouble with Google as it is. I realize that
by dkasper 19y ago
One thing people don't want to do is have to memorize a syntax just to use a search engine. A lot of people have trouble with Google as it is. I realize that the idea is to augment traditional search engines' capabilities (so that people will have less trouble), but it's going to have to be easy for non-hackers to catch on to it. The learning curve has to be shallow or the average user is going to give up on it. That being said I really like the way it tells you what it thinks you mean as you type though, and definitely think there is potential for this type of thing.
- ngrandy 19y agoyes! we've built wundrbar to be intuitive, precisely because it's annoying to need a man page every time we use a new command. wundrbar aims to capture the power and simplicity of a traditional command line (including the ability script and pipe) and to throw in some magic dust so that you don't have to remember the exact command name or what order the parameters come in. for example, imagine sending money with paypal from the traditional command line. there are two pieces of information, a number (amount of money) and an email. well, in a traditional command, you would have to enter those parameters in a fixed order, or add a flag so the command read 'paypal -to joe@example.com -amount 5'. but really, a number and an email look quite different, and the command should be able to figure out which is which, right? that's what wundrbar does. so 'paypal joe@example.com 5' or 'paypal 5 joe@example.com', both are good.