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I remember on Hipchat you could edit your last message by sending a message using this (sed?) syntax: s/flock/duck/ . I remember hearing someone saying that w
by kovek 8y ago
I remember on Hipchat you could edit your last message by sending a message using this (sed?) syntax:
s/flock/duck/
. I remember hearing someone saying that was the worst design they've seen in their life. I almost agree.
I do agree that text interfaces are better. I really wish that more products were exposed through a purely textual interface.
I think hipchat could have solved the issue with a text interfaces better.
Also, this is why I really like Emacs. It has a great library for creating text interfaces. I had trouble with it because it is written in elisp/lisp.
- laumars 8y agoSkype supports the regex s/search/replace/ notation as well. Which threw me off guard one evening.
- MrEldritch 8y agoDiscord too.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoDoes it? I know it did 7 years ago on Linux clients, but AFAIR it doesn't now. It's definitely the feature I missed the most on Windows client.
- laumars 8y agoLast time I used that feature was probably a couple of years ago (also on Linux). But I've not used Skype much (if at all) in the last 12 months so maybe things have changed since then?
- xyzzy_plugh 8y agoI don't think the sed syntax was implemented in an effort to make a good interface; rather, they simply implemented what many (albeit technical) users have been writing for years. I've been using sed-like notation to chat with colleagues for years. HipChat just chose to do something about it. I believe you could also edit your last message with the mouse, or by pressing "up" (but I don't remember if that was opt-in).
- boomlinde 8y agoCorrecting yourself using sed syntax is a common IRC idiom. In that sense the design is sensible; you build your interface on what a lot of users already do habitually and let it have the desired effect. For everyone else it's just a very terse and simple syntax that anyway has an obvious mouse based equivalent.