Is Sherlock Dead? and if not......
If Sherlock is not dead what do you feel needs to be done with it to make it more useful. I use it for the phonebook and ebay. Some of the other channels i use every once in a while.
I would like to see the ability to move an address from sherlock to the addressbook, similiar to how watson does it. Also have the ability to do reverse directory look ups.
Incorporate the ability to purchase movie tickets through the movie channel
More choices for translation (different engines)
And some more useful channels.
What do you all think?
zen
edited: typos
I would like to see the ability to move an address from sherlock to the addressbook, similiar to how watson does it. Also have the ability to do reverse directory look ups.
Incorporate the ability to purchase movie tickets through the movie channel
More choices for translation (different engines)
And some more useful channels.
What do you all think?
zen
edited: typos
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zen
Originally posted by hmurchison
Dashboard is for all intents and purposes a Sherlock replacement. There is little that Sherlock can do that cannot be done in Dashboard. Throw in the much easier access of Dashboard and you have a winner.
Yea, each Sherlock plugin could have its own interface in Dashboard. Like a movie reel for films, a phone to look up #'s etc.
Originally posted by BRussell
Konfabulator (or whatever Apple calls it - I forget its name) could replace Watson (I mean Sherlock). There's no sign of Sherlock in the Tiger descriptions that I've seen. I think I'd like it better. Each module can have its own unique interface rather than Watson/Sherlock's approach where they all look alike.
You know, I suggested this right after the WWDC, but I haven't yet seen any signs that Apple intends to break up Sherlock into widgets. Of course I haven't seen any mention of Sherlock at all. I'm beginning to wonder if this kind of thing will mostly be left to third parties. Perhaps Apple has lost interest in this idea of aggregating the web. Remember the way they hyped Sherlock at first, but never really gave it it's due? RSS is what they are pushing now. It's a shame. I never used Sherlock all that much, but Watson was a favorite. It changed the way I used the web in many ways. How am I supposed to track eBay now? Yeah there's probably something out there, but I doubt it will be as elegant. Sherlock's eBay module is lacking it. Even using TV Guide will soon be a nightmare. Their site is now Flash based and a real mess. Again, Watson was so elegant at this task. Find a show you don't want to miss? Click a button to add it to iCal. Of course the good news is that it will be fairly easy for someone to build things like this as Dashboard widgets. How elegant they will be is another story. The real crux of Sherlock and Watson and whatever replaces them is that the developer must constantly try to keep them working as websites change. Even Apple does not always keep up with that. How would widget makers keep up? Could this be the reason Sun is dragging it's feet?
Another thought: How ironic would it be it Apple bundled Sun's "Project Alameda/ Kitchen Sink/ JavaWatson" with Tiger? Steve's final "screw you" to Karelia.
When I saw it, the first thing on my mind was: Why?
They should be helping amateur developers to have an abundance of Widgets ready to go in six months, not pushing a technology that is about to be abandoned.
look for the wigets to rule this.
zen
Originally posted by averagezen
It appears to me that aggregating the web has become passé.
We've already moved into the next generation of web applications: regular apps. They just happen to integrate web connectivity in them. Finally.
PS: New Jersey has a shore, not a beach; and the shore is always down, as in, "I'm going down to the shore." You never go up or over to the shore.
PS: New Jersey has a shore, not a beach; and the shore is always down, as in, "I'm going down to the shore." You never go up or over to the shore.
Well BuonRotto coming from Squaresville you must frequent the Shore region. When you live less then 50 feet from the "beach" you live at the beach not the shore, but you are right when I speak of where I live I refer to it as the "Shore". But I must say you are the First to call me on this one.......good catch!!!!!
Any way back to the topic at hand, integrating the "internet" into applications is one of the most useful events to happen in the history of modern software. Apple has done an excellent job in making this come alive, as well as giving its open-source community the abilities to do so (mind you the open-source community probably gave it to apple first). But in defense of sherlock having the ability to track your stocks and track packages, having a yellow pages a click away are all very useful tools. Turning these "mini-apps" into widgets could cost us in the long run.
Consider the yellow pages for example: You look up xyz business and your given their name, address, and a map of directions. Now turn this into a widget and your are using the same amount of screen real-estate as before. It could even limit the amount of widgets you can show. Now I have not played with Tiger but having a ton of these widgets could get confusing especially if some of them take a great deal of space......unless there is the ability to scale them upon usage. Now I do know that you can turn these widgets on and off, but please tell me how this differs from launching an application like sherlock or watson(RIP) and doing the same thing?
zen