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I know for one of the games I work on, the chat-commands/command-line interface is one of the most popular user interface features for power users. And the mai
by cdmoyer 14y ago
I know for one of the games I work on, the chat-commands/command-line interface is one of the most popular user interface features for power users. And the main reason is what you suggest about navigating and clicking. Admittedly, in a game you might "/equip meat helmet" or "/use mmj" a lot more frequently than you will friend someone on github, but it's a similar concept.
- buro9 14y agoFor a universal search bar I've been wanting to implement a chat bot style thing for issuing actions: /find search term Which is actually the same as not including "/find"... it acts like a search box when not told otherwise. /goto inbox /goto home Navigation to common pages. /me is dancing That one updates your status. /me slaps [user] with a trout Is the equivalent of a Facebook poke I guess.