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The project website is here: http://do.davebsd.com/

The launchpad website is here: https://launchpad.net/do/

A video explaining how Do works: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9110909248380195562&hl=en
* Main website: http://do.davebsd.com/
* Launchpad website: https://launchpad.net/do/
* Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/do/
* Questions: https://answers.launchpad.net/do/
* Mailing List: http://groups.google.com/group/gnome-do
* Video tutorial: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9110909248380195562&hl=en
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= Gnome Do Users = = Formal Project Summary =
Experienced computer users frequently utilize keyboard-driven interfaces such as
shortcut keys and command terminals to perform common tasks quickly. Keyboard-driven
interfaces such as these allow the user to execute more complex or precise actions more rapidly;
however, these interfaces tend to confuse inexperienced users due to poor graphical
representations of items—sometimes there is no visual interface, as in the case of shortcut keys.
These interfaces also intimidate and alienate novice users due to unfamiliar item identifiers—for
example, the shortcut for “paste” is Control-V, and the command-line program to “delete” or
“trash” an item is rm.
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 * [:GnomeDo/Installation:Installation]
 * [:GnomeDo/Use:General Use]
 * [:GnomeDo/Plugins:Using Extra Plugins]

= Gnome Do Development =
 * [:GnomeDo/Development:Base Development]
 * [:GnomeDo/BuildingPlugins:Building Plugins]
 * [:GnomeDo/RequestedPlugins:Requested Plugins]
 * [:GnomeDo/Specs:Specifications]

= Helping out =
We'd love feedback, bug reports, and questions. Please use the launchpad interface for submitting these.

Important Links:
  * Main page: http://do.davebsd.com/
  * Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/do/
  * Questions: https://answers.launchpad.net/do/
  * Discussion/Mailing List: http://groups.google.com/group/gnome-do
Our intent is to create an interface that takes advantage of the precision and
expressiveness of the keyboard, but is intuitive enough to appeal to novice users, while still
remaining powerful enough to appeal to advanced users. We plan to consolidate the disparate
interfaces previously mentioned into a single, unified, search-driven interface by creating an
application that indexes the items found in one's desktop environment, including documents,
contacts, bookmarks, applications, notes, multimedia, etc. We will then present graphical
representations of these items to the user, allowing one to search through and interact with these
items. Principle technical challenges facing this project include indexing and seemingly instant
searching of items in a user's desktop environment, and implementing appropriate techniques for
dealing with items of changing relevancy to the user.

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Introduction

GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present in your GNOME desktop environment (applications, Evolution contacts, Firefox bookmarks, files, artists and albums in Rhythmbox, Pidgin buddies) and perform commonly used actions on those objects (Run, Open, Email, Chat, Play, etc.).

* Main website: http://do.davebsd.com/ * Launchpad website: https://launchpad.net/do/ * Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/do/ * Questions: https://answers.launchpad.net/do/ * Mailing List: http://groups.google.com/group/gnome-do * Video tutorial: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9110909248380195562&hl=en

GNOME Do is inspired by Quicksilver (http://quicksilver.blacktree.com) and GNOME Launch Box (http://developer.imendio.com/projects/gnome-launch-box).

Formal Project Summary

Experienced computer users frequently utilize keyboard-driven interfaces such as shortcut keys and command terminals to perform common tasks quickly. Keyboard-driven interfaces such as these allow the user to execute more complex or precise actions more rapidly; however, these interfaces tend to confuse inexperienced users due to poor graphical representations of items—sometimes there is no visual interface, as in the case of shortcut keys. These interfaces also intimidate and alienate novice users due to unfamiliar item identifiers—for example, the shortcut for “paste” is Control-V, and the command-line program to “delete” or “trash” an item is rm.

Our intent is to create an interface that takes advantage of the precision and expressiveness of the keyboard, but is intuitive enough to appeal to novice users, while still remaining powerful enough to appeal to advanced users. We plan to consolidate the disparate interfaces previously mentioned into a single, unified, search-driven interface by creating an application that indexes the items found in one's desktop environment, including documents, contacts, bookmarks, applications, notes, multimedia, etc. We will then present graphical representations of these items to the user, allowing one to search through and interact with these items. Principle technical challenges facing this project include indexing and seemingly instant searching of items in a user's desktop environment, and implementing appropriate techniques for dealing with items of changing relevancy to the user.