The Windows Quicksilver Wishlist

[edit] Reference

Plugin information
- Author information
  - Name
  - Pseudonym
  - Email
  - Website
- Version
  - Major, minor, build
Array of strings which represent regular expression matches for this plugin
Icon as vector data
Match function that returns a boolean, an array of matches/actions, or an array of results (for things like clipboard string operations)

http://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/quick_tips
Text files
- Head/tail
Robust plugin interface
- One DLL and optional graphics
- Registry section devoted to each plugins saved settings
- Recommend use of Nullsoft installer
- Plugins register handlers in the form of regular expressions
  - Designers must be careful that handlers do not overlap ... unless we just show both options and let the user choose which is given higher priority?
Google Calendar quick add
Text edit functions, append to text file, etc. (optional date/timestamp)
Launch any shortcut, take off "Shortcut to" prefix
- Library of user-created vector program icons
Text input/regular expression functions
- List of commonly used regular expressions such as phone number, email address, CSV, etc.
- Copy a bunch of text to clipboard, type "clipreg s/pants/shoes/g" and the text is edited, copied back to the clipboard
- Copy text to the clipboard, type "clipreg ^.+@[^\.].*\.[a-z]{2,}$" and a list of matched email addresses is copied back to the clipboard
- These functions allow the user to use whatever editor they like, a web browser, etc. and still enjoy the benefits of regular expressions
Stop/play/next/prev
- Winamp
- Windows media player
- VLC media player
- iTunes
Growl server protocol support (for notificiations from Mac and Windows applications)
Firefox
- Open url/shortcut in new tab
- Open home page
- Open tab set in new window (news sites visited daily, for example)