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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Thomas Paul Mann @thomaspaulmann
Raycast
Spark AR
Raycast API
Metamuse episode on platforms
Spotlight, iOS Search
KDE, Krunner
Quicksilver
Superhuman, Linear, Notion
Arc
Siri, Alexa