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extending juju to the hud

2012-05-11 09:00..09:55 in G. Ballroom A

taking the successes on juju to use the hud to search and find computing tasks.

users could open the hub, and using natural language, type a question or describe a problem and an appropriate juju "charmling" will help the user solve the problem without the need for appreciable computer knowledge.

this would use heuristics to determine possible solutions, choose the most likely correct "charmling", and assist the user.

use cases could extend to any desktop usage, including very complex tasks requiring multiple steps and settings. examples might include: * fix a broken wireless connection * install packages * add a printer * connect to a print server

for example, a user needs to add a printer. the user would open the hud and type, "how do i add a printer?". heuristics would determine the most probably answer, and start the "charmling" which would open an informational dialogue box telling the user, "The printer dialogue box is being opened. You probably want to select the "+ Add" button" and then opens the printer dialogue box.

another example might be a user wanting to create a pdf. user opens the hud, types the question, heuristics are employed, and "charmling" is deployed which opens up a sane tutorial with examples.