I was forwarded this Google AJAX based client that resembles a command shell interface. This is cool and strangely functional at the same time. A dialog with the client goes like this:
Goosh goosh.org 0.4.3-beta #1 Mon, 02 Jun 08 22:28:01 UTC Google/Ajax Welcome to goosh.org - the unofficial google shell. This google-interface behaves similar to a unix-shell. You type commands and the results are shown on this page. goosh is written by Stefan Grothkopp <grothkopp@gmail.com> it is NOT an official google product! Your language has been set to: en (use lang to change it) Enter help or h for a list of commands. guest@goosh.org:/web> help help
command |
aliases |
parameters |
function |
web |
(search,s,w) |
[keywords] |
google web search |
lucky |
(l) |
[keywords] |
go directly to first result |
images |
(image,i) |
[keywords] |
google image search |
wiki |
(wikipedia) |
[keywords] |
wikipedia search |
clear |
(c) |
|
clear the screen |
help |
(man,h,?) |
[command] |
displays help text |
news |
(n) |
[keywords] |
google news search |
blogs |
(blog,b) |
[keywords] |
google blog search |
feeds |
(feed,f) |
[keywords] |
google feed search |
open |
(o) |
<url> |
open url in new window |
go |
(g) |
<url> |
open url |
more |
(m) |
|
get more results |
in |
(site) |
<url> <keywords> |
search in a specific website |
load |
|
<extension_url> |
load an extension |
video |
(videos,v) |
[keywords] |
google video search |
read |
(rss,r) |
<url> |
read feed of url |
place |
(places,map,p) |
[address] |
google maps search |
lang |
|
<language> |
change language |
addengine |
|
|
add goosh to firefox search box |
translate |
(trans,t) |
[lang1] [lang2] <words> |
google translation |
guest@goosh.org:/web> blogs "audible smirk"
1) |
Wall Street financiers spinner class smackdown He just can’t help the grunting. Nor can he help shouting "Woo-woo!" or "Great song!" or "Good burn," or - inexplicably, "You go, girl!" That’s what a spin-class workout is all about, hedge-fund manager Stuart Sugarman testified ... http://audiblesmirk.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/wall-street-financiers-spinner-class-smackdown/ |
2) |
Parody or real? A girl software developer Datamation is running a series of columns from Sara Chipps (sp. Chips?) that I cannot determine if they are the serious musings of a real female software developer, or if it is some kind of parody. This posting, "Natural Programmers ... http://audiblesmirk.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/parody-or-real-a-girl-software-developer/ |
3) |
Naveen Jain is back Naveen Jain of Infospace infamy is back! http://audiblesmirk.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/naveen-jain-is-back/ |
4) |
Curry westerns? Vinod Chopra is set to make a movie in New Mexico:. Chopra’s Broken Horses, with a screenplay based on an original story by Chopra himself, is the work of several award-winning writers including Abhijat Joshi (Lage Raho Munnabhai, ... http://audiblesmirk.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/curry-westerns/ |
Now I think this is certainly a rich internet application or RIA because it meets the (vague) criteria. It is much more interactive and responsive than a ‘classic’ web application.
Now is this going to be scriptable?
Note: If you go to www.goosh.com by mistake, it’s somebody’s personal website. Always make sure to register the major domain suffixes!
