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Well, we already have a command bar at the top of the window. What about these commands? http://github.com/username http://github.com/username/follow
by johncoltrane 14y ago
Well, we already have a command bar at the top of the window. What about these commands?
http://github.com/username
http://github.com/username/follow
http://github.com/username/unfollow
http://github.com/me/dashboard
http://github.com/me/notifications
http://github.com/username/reponame/search/term
http://github.com/username/reponame/branchname
- hyperbovine 14y agoWhat is your point? REST is meant to make it easy for machines to talk to each other.
- gbog 14y agoThat's no reason to stop imagining other UI modes. I found the idea of websites feeding browsers with completions for the omnibar and accepting direct actions as REST quite interesting. Imagine you want to follow xyz on Twitter, you could open the full page, use the search, pop the pop-up and click follow, or you could type tw tab follow xyz enter in the omnibar.
- johncoltrane 14y agoMy point is that the address field of my browser is already a "command bar" and that the URI is already a command line. With a carefully chosen URI scheme, 100% RESTful or not, you have your command bar.
- hyperbovine 14y agoPersonally I don't relish the thought of memorizing the REST API of every website I visit. Anyways, it's not like they did away with the URI scheme you are describing...
- johncoltrane 14y agoAgreed.