Comments on: The Usefulness of the Simple Command Line http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:15:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: LC http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-952765 LC Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:19:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-952765 Addendum to comment #35 - You can complete the entire purchase using the Amazon CLI Addendum to comment #35 - You can complete the entire purchase using the Amazon CLI

]]> By: pianio12 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-679760 pianio12 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:42:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-679760 Wow. Very very many sites are introduced in comments. But I'll stick to Yubnub. Wow. Very very many sites are introduced in comments. But I’ll stick to Yubnub.

]]> By: Pamela Fox http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-675840 Pamela Fox Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:01:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-675840 My friend created a completely command-line interface to Amazon, just for fun: http://lucidcheese.com/ACLI/ Type help to see the commands. It can do everything but actually buy the item, due to restrictions with the Amazon ECS API. He got views from novelty, but doesn't see anyone consistently using it. So is it a fun idea? Yes-- but will it catch on..? My friend created a completely command-line interface to Amazon, just for fun:
http://lucidcheese.com/ACLI/

Type help to see the commands. It can do everything but actually buy the item, due to restrictions with the Amazon ECS API.
He got views from novelty, but doesn’t see anyone consistently using it.
So is it a fun idea? Yes– but will it catch on..?

]]> By: chad http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-674829 chad Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:59:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-674829 Paul, Sidekiq looks interesting. I was going to do the same thing but with a header, which is much less intrusive imho. But Sidekiq is really cool, I mean that. I intend to use it. In fact...can you guys add a way to go to a query page based on a URL, such as http://www.sidekiq.com/search?q=foobar ?? I'd like to add Sidekiq to LuckyButton as a supported search engine. My personnal goal with LuckyButton was to build something that I'd actually be able to get to my top 10-15 sites I search on a daily basis (not sure if they are all proper search engines since some of them don't do indexing of other sites such as YouTube or Amazon). Specifically, something more useful than Google, which i have had as a homepage since like 99 or something. Well, LuckyButton really is more useful than google TO ME, since I tend to do a ton of google searches and I wouldn't want anything as my homepage that gets in the way of that. But anyway this is an interesting little min-space eh. Looks like some serious entrepreneurs here, I just put luckybutton up as a quick tool for myself. Paul, Sidekiq looks interesting. I was going to do the same thing but with a header, which is much less intrusive imho. But Sidekiq is really cool, I mean that. I intend to use it. In fact…can you guys add a way to go to a query page based on a URL, such as http://www.sidekiq.com/search?q=foobar ?? I’d like to add Sidekiq to LuckyButton as a supported search engine.

My personnal goal with LuckyButton was to build something that I’d actually be able to get to my top 10-15 sites I search on a daily basis (not sure if they are all proper search engines since some of them don’t do indexing of other sites such as YouTube or Amazon). Specifically, something more useful than Google, which i have had as a homepage since like 99 or something. Well, LuckyButton really is more useful than google TO ME, since I tend to do a ton of google searches and I wouldn’t want anything as my homepage that gets in the way of that.

But anyway this is an interesting little min-space eh. Looks like some serious entrepreneurs here, I just put luckybutton up as a quick tool for myself.

]]> By: Steve http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-665686 Steve Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:04:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-665686 Paul, I can answer any questions you have about TubesNow.com. I work there. What do you want to know? Paul,

I can answer any questions you have about TubesNow.com. I work there. What do you want to know?

]]> By: paul http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-665527 paul Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:14:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-665527 matthew and chad: i'm no expert but luckybutton and searchadelic are both clunky. In fact, after trying luckybutton, i find searchadelic slightly more effective since results ore in a different tab/window. Actually, Sidekiq is much more effective. Check it out and you'll see why: for starters, no need to leave the search page http://www.sidekiq.com/ matthew and chad:

i’m no expert but luckybutton and searchadelic are both clunky. In fact, after trying luckybutton, i find searchadelic slightly more effective since results ore in a different tab/window. Actually, Sidekiq is much more effective. Check it out and you’ll see why: for starters, no need to leave the search page
http://www.sidekiq.com/

]]> By: Mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-655772 Mike Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:30:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-655772 This was also a great feature in the little known browser called Galeon (http://galeon.sourceforge.net/). I was a long time user of Galeon since it first started. It had many truely innovative ideas. Yet another victim of founders who couldn't agree on direction. Those who kept with the project chose to focus on usability vs innovative features. This was also a great feature in the little known browser called Galeon (http://galeon.sourceforge.net/). I was a long time user of Galeon since it first started. It had many truely innovative ideas. Yet another victim of founders who couldn’t agree on direction. Those who kept with the project chose to focus on usability vs innovative features.

]]> By: carl rahn griffith http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-655314 carl rahn griffith Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:52:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-655314 there's a lot to be said for simple cli integration .... well done. nice. there’s a lot to be said for simple cli integration …. well done. nice.

]]> By: Christopher Sisk http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-654795 Christopher Sisk Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:21:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-654795 You can do this in Firefox natively... Right click a search box and click on "Add Keyword for this search" Enter a name for the search (Google Images) and a keyword (gi). Then from the address bar, type " gi techcrunch " You can do this in Firefox natively…

Right click a search box and click on “Add Keyword for this search”

Enter a name for the search (Google Images) and a keyword (gi).

Then from the address bar, type ” gi techcrunch “

]]> By: andrew http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-654660 andrew Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:57:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-654660 There's an extension for Firefox that lets you easily make a search plugin just by right-clicking in the search field of nearly any web page. A few clicks later, you have the search plugin for your favorite site that doesn't have one already. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3698/ There’s an extension for Firefox that lets you easily make a search plugin just by right-clicking in the search field of nearly any web page. A few clicks later, you have the search plugin for your favorite site that doesn’t have one already.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3698/

]]> By: chad http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-654118 chad Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:01:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-654118 Paul: LuckyButton isn't clunky ;) Paul: LuckyButton isn’t clunky ;)

]]> By: paul http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-654099 paul Wed, 03 Jan 2007 21:53:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-654099 Matthew Leitz / 22: Searchadelic is clunky and does not save any time. It reminds of an all-in-one search engine site (mr. sappo or something), but itools.com comes pretty close to what i'm thinking of. Searchadelic may be useful for people like my parents, but all they use is google or (gag!) AOL anyway Matthew Leitz / 22:

Searchadelic is clunky and does not save any time. It reminds of an all-in-one search engine site (mr. sappo or something), but itools.com comes pretty close to what i’m thinking of. Searchadelic may be useful for people like my parents, but all they use is google or (gag!) AOL anyway

]]> By: badger http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-653952 badger Wed, 03 Jan 2007 21:15:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-653952 If the command line is so great then why was the graphical interface invented and why does absolutely everyone use it instead? This is a pet gripe of mine. Having to memorize commands and options and switches may be a "powerful" way of computing but it is simply not at all practical in the vast majority of cases. To claim the contrary is just ridiculous geek snobbery. If the command line is so great then why was the graphical interface invented and why does absolutely everyone use it instead?

This is a pet gripe of mine. Having to memorize commands and options and switches may be a “powerful” way of computing but it is simply not at all practical in the vast majority of cases. To claim the contrary is just ridiculous geek snobbery.

]]> By: Udi http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-653705 Udi Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:03:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-653705 Yahoo! Open Shortcuts provides functionality like this in an extremely customizable way from any Yahoo! Search box. It's been around for quite a while. http://shortcuts.search.yahoo.com/ It's actually quite cool. Also, Google's new IE toolbar has a button that you can use to turn any search box into a reusable toolbar button/shortcut. It's very slick and makes it friendlier to use for non-geeks. Yahoo! Open Shortcuts provides functionality like this in an extremely customizable way from any Yahoo! Search box. It’s been around for quite a while.

http://shortcuts.search.yahoo.com/

It’s actually quite cool.

Also, Google’s new IE toolbar has a button that you can use to turn any search box into a reusable toolbar button/shortcut. It’s very slick and makes it friendlier to use for non-geeks.

]]> By: Matthew Leitz http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-653455 Matthew Leitz Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:49:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-653455 Sorry to plug, but I agree with comment #15. We saw yubnub some time ago and thought to ourselves, "It would be cool if there was a site that did all this and you did not have to be a geek to use it." As a side project we build Searchadelic.com Way more searches, but instead of entering some crazy mumbo-jumbo you just select the site you want to search, enter text and hit enter. Added in a cool RSS feeder for news (includes TechCrunch) and "quicklinks" to email, music, bank and networking. Best part is that it will remember your settings when you return. No passwords or usernames. It was designed to be the ultimate homepage, sort of like netvibes or pageflakes, but super EASY. Again, hate to mention our site, just think it is way better. I WOULD LOVE FEEDBACK AS WE ARE PREPARING TO MAKE SECOND VERSION. Thanks Sorry to plug, but I agree with comment #15. We saw yubnub some time ago and thought to ourselves, “It would be cool if there was a site that did all this and you did not have to be a geek to use it.”

As a side project we build Searchadelic.com Way more searches, but instead of entering some crazy mumbo-jumbo you just select the site you want to search, enter text and hit enter. Added in a cool RSS feeder for news (includes TechCrunch) and “quicklinks” to email, music, bank and networking.

Best part is that it will remember your settings when you return. No passwords or usernames. It was designed to be the ultimate homepage, sort of like netvibes or pageflakes, but super EASY.

Again, hate to mention our site, just think it is way better. I WOULD LOVE FEEDBACK AS WE ARE PREPARING TO MAKE SECOND VERSION. Thanks

]]> By: mathew http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-653368 mathew Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:23:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-653368 I wonder if anyone has developed a command line interface to these services? I wonder if anyone has developed a command line interface to these services?

]]> By: Jonathan Aquino http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-653159 Jonathan Aquino Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:31:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-653159 Actually YubNub allows a form of piping - try this: split {url wp alaska} {url lim alaska} Actually YubNub allows a form of piping - try this:
split {url wp alaska} {url lim alaska}

]]> By: vishnu http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-653140 vishnu Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:25:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-653140 its very good.even full word search gave me better results than direct google search. its very good.even full word search gave me better results than direct google
search.

]]> By: matthew http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652895 matthew Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:17:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652895 am i missing why these tools are useful? if i wanted to do a google search, why would i type in sugarcode.com instead of google.com? what's the use case? if this thing ever grew large i don't think youtube, google and co. would appreciate these sites stealing their page views. am i missing why these tools are useful? if i wanted to do a google search, why would i type in sugarcode.com instead of google.com? what’s the use case?
if this thing ever grew large i don’t think youtube, google and co. would appreciate these sites stealing their page views.

]]> By: paul http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652613 paul Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:17:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652613 If sugarcodes has a bookmarklet like YUBNUB, maybe it would be useful, otherwise not worth it for me. OFFTOPIC and NOT a plug: I am in boston and this local company Tubesnow/Adesso (went live over the weekend) has had full page ads in the Metro (our local free news tabloid) but I have found very little writeups about it othet than it being another all-in-one sharing site (Download necessary). Mashable seems to have something, but their site is down: http://mashable.com/2007/01/01/tubesnow-because-the-internet-is-a-series-of-them. Anyone know the 411? If sugarcodes has a bookmarklet like YUBNUB, maybe it would be useful, otherwise not worth it for me.
OFFTOPIC and NOT a plug: I am in boston and this local company Tubesnow/Adesso (went live over the weekend) has had full page ads in the Metro (our local free news tabloid) but I have found very little writeups about it othet than it being another all-in-one sharing site (Download necessary). Mashable seems to have something, but their site is down:
http://mashable.com/2007/01/01.....es-of-them. Anyone know the 411?

]]> By: MadJo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652516 MadJo Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:57:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652516 Yubnub can also easily replace the address bar in Firefox. Go to about:config locate the "keyword.URL" parameter And change the value to "http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=" (sans quotes) Now your address bar is your Yubnub command line. Yubnub can also easily replace the address bar in Firefox.
Go to about:config
locate the “keyword.URL” parameter
And change the value to “http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=” (sans quotes)
Now your address bar is your Yubnub command line.

]]> By: chad http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652497 chad Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:50:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652497 OK I've gotta call bullshit here. My site, LuckyButton, is a way more sane way of doing this. who wants to memorize a bunch of arcane commands? Which computer users use command prompts today? Not the average user, but geeks. OK so I guess yubnub and now sugarcodes are conceptually cool to those of us who use or have used a command line before but...my site with its 26 buttons is just flat-out better at solving this problem. OK I’ve gotta call bullshit here. My site, LuckyButton, is a way more sane way of doing this. who wants to memorize a bunch of arcane commands? Which computer users use command prompts today? Not the average user, but geeks. OK so I guess yubnub and now sugarcodes are conceptually cool to those of us who use or have used a command line before but…my site with its 26 buttons is just flat-out better at solving this problem.

]]> By: Sam Davyson http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652488 Sam Davyson Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:47:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652488 YubNub is great. I think though the best too you can possibly get is a personalised command line. I made one (which I called DavysoNub) which I use all the time. It is a YubNub with fewer commands - but the things I use most have one letter commands. YubNub is great. I think though the best too you can possibly get is a personalised command line. I made one (which I called DavysoNub) which I use all the time. It is a YubNub with fewer commands - but the things I use most have one letter commands.

]]> By: Adrian Keys http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652457 Adrian Keys Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:40:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652457 "but the ‘command line’ analogy is pretty weak if it’s just a quicker way to get to someone’s entire page" - Michael I agree...to me search dynamics have no boundaries. If you know exactly what you are looking for and certain keywords have taken you there before then fine...but initial search is a process of refinement which does not eliminate key strokes.... “but the ‘command line’ analogy is pretty weak if it’s just a quicker way to get to someone’s entire page” - Michael

I agree…to me search dynamics have no boundaries. If you know exactly what you are looking for and certain keywords have taken you there before then fine…but initial search is a process of refinement which does not eliminate key strokes….

]]> By: GOB http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652434 GOB Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:34:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/03/the-usefulness-of-the-simple-command-line/#comment-652434 As they've said, Opera does the same thing in the adress bar. But as far as I'm concerned, does better because you can create a search engine from any form of a site and create your code too. I really enjoy this blog. Congratulations. a Brazilian fan. As they’ve said, Opera does the same thing in the adress bar.

But as far as I’m concerned, does better because you can create a search engine from any form of a site and create your code too.

I really enjoy this blog. Congratulations.
a Brazilian fan.

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