Ask HN: Vimium\cVim but for Windows desktop

1 point

8 years ago

This post is more like idea validation. I think most of this audience knows vimium\cVim or similar plugins: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cvim/ihlenndgcmojhcghmfjfneahoeklbjjh

I have been working on this idea for several years, basically building small prototypes and it seems like never ending story. aThis post is more like idea validation. I think most of this audience knows vimium\cVim or similar plugins: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cvim/ihlenndgcmojhcghmfjfneahoeklbjjh

I have been working on this idea for several years, basically building small prototypes and it seems like never ending story. Maybe gathering some feedback would help development process or get rid of this idea all together. Things that vimium and cVim does are also possible in Windows desktop environment. It's not as fast and it doesn't work with web based applications (electron). I's possible to create application that works out of the box with every other windows application, by scanning through elements.

Would like to hear more opinions and suggestions. Do you thing there is potential for this type of application ? Would you be interested in this type of application ? Do you have use case example where you could use application like this ? What specific feature requirements (besides left, right, double click, scroll) ? Would you pay for it ?