Return of the Command Line: New Text Interfaces

ReturnReturnof theof the

Command LineCommand Line

David Noble

BarCamp Los Angeles 7

New Text InterfacesNew Text Interfaces

www.dnoble.org

May 3 2009

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In the Beginning...In the Beginning...


> 10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD”> 20 GOTO 10> RUNHELLO WORLDHELLO WORLDHELLO WORLDHELLO WORLDHELLO WORLD

Modern Interfaces!Modern Interfaces!

ConvenienceConvenience


Fast Precise


Fast Precise Shareable

http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.htmlhttp://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html

http://labs.mozilla.com/projects/ubiquity/http://labs.mozilla.com/projects/ubiquity/

Ubiquity CommandsUbiquity Commands

google, wikipedia, def ine, imdb, amazon, f lickr, youtube, yelp

twitter, delicious weather, map, translate email, calendar

Ubiquity CommunityUbiquity Community

Create new commands https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Ubiquity/Ubiquity_0.1_Author_Tutorial

Share commands

Firefox KeywordsFirefox Keywords

Add bookmark Edit properties Use %s as placeholder “wiki light saber”

Google SMSGoogle SMS

Text "help" to 466453

http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/default/sms.htmlhttp://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/default/sms.html

TwitterTwitter

Notes: Evernote Tasks: Remember the Milk More bots: http://twitter.pbworks.com/Bots

TwitterTwitter

WordBot: http://wordbot.blogspot.com/ (help w/crosswords etc)

Translation: http://twanslate.com/ Weather: http://twitter.com/forecast IMDB: http://twitter.com/imdb Amazon: http://twitter.com/junglebot Alarm clock: http://twitter.com/timer Track your gas mileage: http://www.fuelfrog.com/ Interface directly from real UNIX cli http://marnanel.org/projects/blt/

TwitterTwitter

Platforms to make your own bots: http://twitter.com/tdo http://twitter.com/t411

DesktopDesktop

Quicksilver for Mac Launchy for Windows GNOME Do for Linux

Image CreditsImage CreditsCabazon Dinosaurhttp://www.f lickr.com/photos/slworking/1353610612/

Child's abacus - Andy Bernay-Romanhttp://www.f lickr.com/photos/andy_bernay-roman/3006971702/

Babbage dif ference eng inehttp://www.f lickr.com/photos/danacea/876328404/

Babbage dif ference eng ine detail - Andrew Dunnhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BabbageDif ferenceEng ine.jpg

Colossus at Bletchley Park - Cory Doctorowhttp://www.f lickr.com/photos/doctorow/2686262863/http://www.f lickr.com/photos/doctorow/2686222621/

Colossus Paper Tape - John (Gianni) Rainerihttp://www.f lickr.com/photos/goodimages/797664873/

Punchcard - Peter Renshawhttp://www.f lickr.com/photos/bootload/247968267/

Image CreditsImage CreditsTeletype - Jens Ohlighttp://www.f lickr.com/photos/johl/1406805604/

Apple IIhttp://www.f lickr.com/photos/wuschl2202/1802972953/

Apple II Reference Manualhttp://www.f lickr.com/photos/rsepulveda/48277459/

Micehttp://www.f lickr.com/photos/heartevolving/3346204394/

Visicalc Adhttp://www.f lickr.com/photos/scr iptingnews/3471500626/

Visicalc Screenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Visicalc.png

Virtual World - Bryan Fenstermacherhttp://www.f lickr.com/photos/fensterbme/145621388/http://www.f lickr.com/photos/fensterbme/145619552/

XKCD - Randall Monroehttp://xkcd.com/149/

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