It's not exclusive to slack, for example: twitch chat there are a bunch of text commands that people love to use.
People who use Twitch a lot love to use them. People who don't use Twitch much don't bother. This backs up the argument that power users like macros.
When people use emojis and other such things they usually use a text macro.
True, but that might be because PC keyboards don't have emoji. There's no other option. People certainly don't use a macro on mobile; they use a an emoji keyboard because that's what they prefer.
If you've noticed with programs like photoshop and illustrator, it's recommended for novices to learn all of the keyboard shortcuts.
There's an assumption when you're learning something with the end goal of understanding that application that you're on the first steps to becoming an expert (aka power user). If someone is only learning how to achieve a single end result they don't start with the shortcuts. For example, someone who just wants to learn how to resize and crop images in Photoshop just learns the two or three features they're going to use and then they stop.
I don't know very many people outside of the software industry who are happy with a command line interface, and even fewer who're happy with macros on a command line.
Also, if Partyline is the future, then I don't like it. The two examples in the article are inconsistent;
/partyline create Signup endpoint is 500'ing label:bug
vs
/partyline create:task Write about the future of text-based interfaces
Why is the first one using a "create" verb with a "bug" label and the second using a "create:task" verb? Why not "create:bug" in the first one, or "label:task" in the second?
True, but that might be because PC keyboards don't have emoji. There's no other option. People certainly don't use a macro on mobile; they use a an emoji keyboard because that's what they prefer.
I actually set up the few emoji I use as macros, so I don't have to switch keyboards. Then again, I fall into the power-user category
People who use Twitch a lot love to use them. People who don't use Twitch much don't bother. This backs up the argument that power users like macros.
When people use emojis and other such things they usually use a text macro.
True, but that might be because PC keyboards don't have emoji. There's no other option. People certainly don't use a macro on mobile; they use a an emoji keyboard because that's what they prefer.
If you've noticed with programs like photoshop and illustrator, it's recommended for novices to learn all of the keyboard shortcuts.
There's an assumption when you're learning something with the end goal of understanding that application that you're on the first steps to becoming an expert (aka power user). If someone is only learning how to achieve a single end result they don't start with the shortcuts. For example, someone who just wants to learn how to resize and crop images in Photoshop just learns the two or three features they're going to use and then they stop.
I don't know very many people outside of the software industry who are happy with a command line interface, and even fewer who're happy with macros on a command line.
Also, if Partyline is the future, then I don't like it. The two examples in the article are inconsistent;
/partyline create Signup endpoint is 500'ing label:bug
vs
/partyline create:task Write about the future of text-based interfaces
Why is the first one using a "create" verb with a "bug" label and the second using a "create:task" verb? Why not "create:bug" in the first one, or "label:task" in the second?