[HN Gopher] Show HN: Kando - A cross-platform pie menu for your ...
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       Show HN: Kando - A cross-platform pie menu for your desktop
        
       Kando is a cross-platform open source pie menu which I am currently
       developing! It offers an unconventional, fast, highly efficient,
       and fun way of interacting with your computer! You can use it to
       launch applications, simulate keyboard shortcuts, open files, and
       much more. Let me know what you think about it!
        
       Author : schneegans
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2024-12-27 19:32 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (kando.menu)
 (TXT) w3m dump (kando.menu)
        
       | emacsen wrote:
       | I remember in the late 90s when there were so many alternative
       | interfaces for PCs. It was a great time for exploration on what
       | could be done.
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       | Kando is very pretty, and it can be fun to use an interface like
       | this, but in terms of practicality, text inputs are better.
       | 
       | For example, on my desktop, there's an icon on my taskbar for
       | Firefox, but most of the time, I get my screen to the search bar
       | and type "F" and my system knows I probably want Firefox. Done.
       | 
       | There's a game I play, Astroneer, and it uses a pie interface. I
       | often wish I could just type in what I want. It'd be faster.
       | 
       | I want to love this, but I can type on a keyboard so much faster,
       | and use up so much less cognitive energy doing so than switching
       | my hand to the mouse, pulling up a menu, reading the symbols
       | (even if I have their location memorized) and pulling my
       | wrist/arm in the right direction.
        
         | dingnuts wrote:
         | ideally you have a button on your mouse to summon this, and use
         | it when you are already using your mouse, and summon a
         | different interface for typing from your keyboard, when your
         | hands are there
        
         | hju22_-3 wrote:
         | I agree, but I also really like the pie menus. Personally, I'd
         | like the ability to simply write to match, but otherwise
         | working as demonstrated. E.g. like the Windows search works
         | when you've hidden the search bar. I'd prefer both, in other
         | words.
        
       | TripleChecker wrote:
       | Looks cool! I was surprised to see it using Electron. Does it use
       | the Canvas API or HTML/DOM for the UI elements?
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       | There were also a few typos on the homepage and other pages that
       | you might want to review:
       | https://triplechecker.com/s/166843/kando.menu
        
       | oulipo wrote:
       | Really cool!
       | 
       | On osX BetterTouchTool can also do radial menus!
       | 
       | Would there be a way to import/export a menu configuration from
       | your tool as a .json?
        
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