| Kando is a cross-platform open source pie menu which I am currently developing! It offers an unconventional, fast, highly efficient, and fun way of interacting with your computer! You can use it to launch applications, simulate keyboard shortcuts, open files, and much more. Let me know what you think about it! |
Kando is very pretty, and it can be fun to use an interface like this, but in terms of practicality, text inputs are better.
For example, on my desktop, there's an icon on my taskbar for Firefox, but most of the time, I get my screen to the search bar and type "F" and my system knows I probably want Firefox. Done.
There's a game I play, Astroneer, and it uses a pie interface. I often wish I could just type in what I want. It'd be faster.
I want to love this, but I can type on a keyboard so much faster, and use up so much less cognitive energy doing so than switching my hand to the mouse, pulling up a menu, reading the symbols (even if I have their location memorized) and pulling my wrist/arm in the right direction.