Slapdash

Ahoy Product Hunt friends, Last you heard from us, we showcased a brand new way to work with your cloud apps. We built a low-latency file system to unify your apps (like Google Drive, Notion, Linear, etc.), letting you do things like search, browse and even create things. From the start, our focus here has been about speed. We built unique infrastructure to make Slapdash low-latency and now we've built the fastest interface in the world to complement it: the Command Bar. It’s like Spotlight on the Mac, except it's clever to your cloud apps, it's fully programmable and it's designed to help you move fast. To open the Command Bar, just type Command + J on Mac, or Control + J on Windows and Linux. What’s the fastest way to open a Notion document? Open the Command Bar, type the partial name, and hit Enter. We’ll even open it in the native Notion app if it's installed. What’s the fastest way to launch your next meeting? Open the Command Bar and you'll see your next meeting at the top. Hit Enter and jump directly to the Zoom call. What's the fastest way to file an issue? Open the Command Bar, run a command, quickly fill in the fields and be on your way. No browser or mouse required. When we say the Command Bar is the fastest, we're not just being cheeky. We measure the speed with an HCI methodology called the GOMS model. We didn't arrive at the current Command Bar overnight, and along the way we learned a lot about what makes an interface fast: 🔮 Predictable Our first generation Command Bar taught us the value of predictability. If the Command Bar interaction model is not predictable, a person can't habituate, meaning the interface can never move to the background and be used in-flow. 🤹‍♂️ Modeless Our second generation Command Bar taught us about minimizing modes. We used to have search mode and command mode. We learned that choosing a mode ahead of time is error prone and leads to wasted time correcting the input. 🎷 Expressive Our third generation Command Bar taught us the value of expressiveness, or being able to do things in more ways than one. To pull it off, we extended the command palette pattern with a new dimension: movement. With movement, the same task can be completed from different starting points, mapping more naturally to how people plan tasks in their head. One more thing -- Today, we are also opening up our development platform. Now anyone can build fully custom, interactive commands and share them with others. Like some of the companies using the Command Bar, you can build high-utility commands to dramatically speed up common workflows (customer lookup, entering something into a database, searching company records, etc.). Or, you can just build some toys to make using the computer a little easier and a lot more fun. Thanks for reading, and we hope you enjoy playing with the Command Bar.

I was waiting for your product for so long! Really powerful. Can you add the ability to search the Finder?

This is really cool! Gonna try it out