[Chandler-dev] Natural language parsing in Chandler

[Davor Cubranic]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Heikki Toivonen wrote:

> I think there is a relatively easy way to distinguish between these in 
> the UI. Think about the Firefox search box in the upper right. It has a 
> drop down where you can select the search engine to use.

I find it really awkward about Firefox's search box that I have to switch 
engines with a mouse through the dropdown, and as a result never change 
the engine from Google. (Maybe this is also to a large extent because it 
is the only really useful engine that comes pre-installed. :-)

> If one were to change the context to "new event", then typing in text 
> and hitting enter would create a new event, parsing date etc. info from 
> the text. If you wanted to search instead you'd have to begin with 
> /search.

I like this idea. All-keyboard entry is really important for a smooth 
workflow.

Davor