Enso Gives Keyboard Commands to Windows Users 234
illuminatedwax writes "The Wall Street Journal's Walter S. Mossberg's latest column is a writeup on a new software system called Enso. Enso is from a small software startup called Humanized, led by Aza Raskin. The software allows Windows users to do common tasks, like launching programs, spellchecking, or Googling for search terms, but what's interesting is that it allows you to do these tasks from within any program in Windows by use of the keyboard. From the article: 'There are two initial Enso products, which can be downloaded at humanized.com. One, called Enso Launcher, allows you to launch programs and switch among windows via typed commands. The other, called Enso Words, allows you to do spell-checking, even when the program you're using doesn't include that capability, and to look up the meaning of words. Both products also include a simple calculator and the ability to launch Google searches.' Humanized says that users will be able to program their own commands for Enso in future versions."
Step backwards? (Score:4, Funny)
So in came the GUIs and icons.
Now we're coming full circle and replacing GUIs and icons with command line again?
Re:Maybe its just me but... (Score:2, Funny)
Die caps lock, die! (Score:5, Funny)
From the article: You lose the normal use of the Caps Lock key.
That is easily the best feature of the entire program.
Re:Beta tester thoughts. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:automate a series of commands ? (Score:1, Funny)
Automate a series of commands in Windows.
Sounds like EMACS (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Already Built-in solution for running programs (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Step backwards? (Score:3, Funny)
It's a little like "Those who don't understand unix are condemned to reinvent it poorly", or whatever the exact phrasing was.
Re:Die caps lock, die! (Score:3, Funny)
And in other news (Score:5, Funny)