Metamuse

70 // Launchers with Thomas Paul Mann

Dec 8, 2022

01:10:57

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Thomas Paul Mann

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Episode notes

Channel Aware Probabilistic Touch Interfaces

01:38

Using React to Build Extensions for Raycos

04:26

Is There a Clutter in the GUI?

05:44

Is There a Difference Between Open Source and Open Source?

01:15

Introduction

2min

ReCast - What's It All About?

3min

Raycos Spark AR - What's the Connection?

1min

Using React to Build Extensions for Raycos

4min

Extensions - The Holy Grail of Extensions

1min

Raycourses Extensions - What Are They?

3min

The Platform Problem - Is There a Constraint?

4min

Is There a Clutter in the GUI?

6min

How to Use a Command Palette in an App?

2min

10.

The Importance of the Command Palette

5min

11.

Keeping Predictability Fast in a User Interface

3min

12.

Raycast Launcher - What's It All About?

3min

13.

The History of Developer Tooling

2min

14.

The Evolution of a Web Browser, Right?

5min

15.

RayCost - The Pull Request Review Process

2min

16.

Is There a Requirement for a Pull Request?

5min

17.

Is There a Difference Between Open Source and Open Source?

1min

18.

Siri and Amazon's Alexa Could Fit Into the Story, Right?

3min

19.

How to Improve the Performance of Your MDOT Command Interfaces

4min

20.

Is There a Way to Set a Timer?

2min

21.

Is There a Way to Improve the Speed of Your Computer?

2min

22.

Using a Computer's Context Awareness to Speed Things Up

2min

23.

Using Unified Table of Operations for Probabilistic Voices?

4min

A command line and a GUI are two completely different ways to operate a computer—but quick launchers and command palettes have found a way to bring them together. Thomas is building Raycast, an extensible quick launcher for macOS. He joins Mark and Adam to discuss the evolution of launchers from Quicksilver to Spotlight to the Chrome address bar; reasons to embed web technologies into a native app; and how voice interfaces like Siri and Alexa fit into this story.

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