Design Discussion: GUI Keyword Commands

Michael BernsteinUID3

3/18/08

Work with electronic Max, Greg Little, Vikki Chou

Last time…

Inky: Keyword Commands for the Web

Last time…

Jourknow: Information Scrap Management

Last time…

Common PIM programs

meeting in Outlook, to-do in Remember the Milk

“Long Tail”guitar tabs, shopping lists

Homeless PIM datameeting in a note file

One-offsMAC address

Is this information type popular for everyone?

Yes No

Yes

No

Is this information type popular for me?

Last time…

Common PIM programs

meeting in Outlook, to-do in Remember the Milk

“Long Tail”guitar tabs, shopping lists

Homeless PIM datameeting in a note file

One-offsMAC address

Is this information type popular for everyone?

Yes No

Yes

No

Is this information type popular for me?

Lightweight entry/access and visibility played the biggest roles herefor example, having your todo list always visible and easy to annotate.

Also, the freeform, uncommitted nature of scraps as a method of cognitive supportfor instance, if the appointment had no time chosen yet or needed to mind-map.

Finally, mobility.

GoalHelp the user avoid creating information

scraps in the first place

speeding up capture

by

Goal

• Bring the GUI back into the command language, as:– Cognitive support: What room number is Rob

again? When is two weeks from Tuesday?– Speed enhancements: e.g., autocomplete– Window into your existing applications: what’s my

schedule two weeks from tuesday?

“mtg with rob miller 4/1”

Overview and Demo

Cognitive Support & Speed Enhancements

Windows into your existing applications

Windows into your existing applications

Discussion Question #1:How to represent the options

List style (Inky)

2-D property/value table (current iteration)

(1 of 2)

Discussion Question #1:How to represent the options

List-dropdowns

“Pin yin” with annotation

(2 of 2)

meeting with rob at 5pm

calendar item robmeeting with robat 5pm

at 5pm5am

on 3/18/2008

with in

to-do meeting with rob due 5pm on 3/18/2008

title time location

meeting with rob at 5pm in G716

title location

meeting with rob at 5pm in G716

calendar item robmeeting with robat 5pm

at 5pm5am

on 3/18/2008

with in

title time location

meeting with rob at 5pm in G716

location

Design Question #2:Which contextual web pages to mine?

• Google Calendar• Remember the Milk• Mr. B.S.• Google Contacts• StataMaps

Names

• Pinky (Personal INformation KEYwords)• Unity• Inpunity?