Future of Spotlight
Looks like my take on Spotlight as an OS-integrated version of QuickSilver is quite possibly dead wrong. Kottke discusses some interesting comments in a Slashdot thread in his recent post, The Future of Spotlight and OS X.
The majority of the discussion is based upon comments by a supposed
Apple employee, but they also make a lot of sense. There is indication
of Apple moving away from the Finder and the entire Finder metaphor
within their OS towards a more meta-cognitive Spotlight-based interface
where the user is able to create relationships between various bits of
information and files on the computer. There's even discussion of
releasing GPS-capable Powerbooks. Which do you think will make it to market first: a G5 Powerbook or a GPS-capable Powerbook?
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Looks like my take on Spotlight as an OS-integrated version of QuickSilver is quite possibly dead wrong. Kottke discusses some...
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Anyway, the idea of moving away from finder is not a day to late. I belive more relation and situation based organisations of your files is the future. I mean right now, the tree hierarcy is about the only way - that really limiting.
April 21 2005 at 6:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAnyway, the idea of moving away from finder is not a day to late. I belive more relation and situation based organisations of your files is the future. I mean right now, the tree hierarcy is about the only way - that really limiting.
April 21 2005 at 6:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI think the GPS is a bit far fetched myself. I expect that the G5 is a bit more probable.
April 21 2005 at 5:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLast time I read up on it, GPS doesn't work inside buildings. This would make GPS in most machines pretty much worthless. Even laptops usually get used indoors.
April 21 2005 at 4:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyEr... what does GPS have to do with Spotlight? Can I search for "Small Paul" on my PowerBook, and get a massive spotlight shined on me from an Apple satellite? Steve, if you're reading: please make this happen.
April 21 2005 at 1:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI think it's going to be GPS. It's such a great thing for Apple to do to showcase Spotlight. The only reason(I think) that handheld-GPS units haven't gotten smaller is because of the human aspect: We can't stand using something the size of a credit card. Factor in the fact that we've been waiting for a G5 PB for a long time and they're still having problems with power & heat, and it looks like GPS will beat it to market.
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