Introducing the Command Bar
This paradigm is very powerful. The only thing I see missing from these types of interfaces is the ability to select part or all of the output and use it as input for a new command.Think of it as an intermediate step of piping where the user has the ability to manually filter content. This UI concept would cover the vast majority of UI needs as almost any workflow could be captured with the following...1.) Issue command that produces 0..N results.
2.) View results in list format.
3.) Select individual results for details view.
4.) Select 0..N results as input to a subsequent command.