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Ubuntu's HUD: Light-years beyond any menu system
- frou_dh 15y ago> Light-years beyond any menu system Mac OS X introduced this type of uniform menu search and result navigation with Leopard in 2007. Cmd-? It's great. I use it all the time.
- naner 15y agoFor example: I’m in Firefox and I want to go the extensions page. I hit Alt (to open up the HUD) and type add. That seems contrived. Will it work if you start typing out "extension"?
- spdub 15y agozsh with tilda handles just about all my needs as far as navigating about my computer, and throwing commands at it.
- kstenerud 15y agoAnd if I'm looking for a way in gimp to change all the reddish pixels to greenish, what do I type into the HUD? If I want to know all the formatting, sizing, coloring stuff that can be done to a word/line/paragraph, what do I type into the HUD?
- naughtysriram 15y agoHUD - Horrible UI Design.. !!
- koeselitz 15y agoWhat's odd to me is that Ubuntu and Gnome are both working separately on things that look remarkably similar. This is the same stuff that Gnome 3 does - pulls up applications, folders, commands, etc via a translucent overlay at the press of a button. The only difference is Ubuntu makes it a HUD so that it doesn't take up the whole screen. I kind of like Gnome's implementation better, but I can't really use either of them; the Gnome version breaks Alt-Tab (forcing it to cycle window groups instead of windows, and not allowing an option to change this) and Ubuntu breaks a lot of my personal customization (Gnome-Do + AutoKey).
- malux85 15y agoLight years is a measure of distance NOT time, the cliche "years ahead of something" is TIME. Sweet Jesus this annoys me
- ertdfgcb 15y agoI interpreted it as very far ahead distance-wise If this was a race Ubuntu would have a sizable lead, according to TechRepublic.