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author: Mike Griese
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created on: 2025-03-03
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last updated: 2025-03-12
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issue id: n/a
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# Command Palette Core Values
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1. It should be fun
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2. Start **anything** here
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3. It is for everyone
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4. You shouldn't need a web browser just to use your PC
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5. Success is measured in disengagement
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## It should be fun
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I really don't think that I need to explain this one. CmdPal should spark joy,
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in all facets of it. The host app should be a seamless part of user's workflows.
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It shouldn't ever be frustrating - it should be intuitive and seamlessly snappy.
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The other side of this is the API should be fun to develop for. It should be
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easy to get started, quick to iterate on, and simple to publish results.
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## Start **anything** here
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Command Palette is a launcher for anything you want to do with your PC. Not just
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for launching apps, or finding files, but quickly doing anything you want. To
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build the best launcher application, we need it to be able to launch a diverse
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set of experiences. From integrations with first-party apps and tools, to any
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user's own meme generator extension - every app should be able to extend CmdPal
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equally.
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## By everyone, for everyone
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This isn't just a tool for developers. Not just for power users. Command Palette
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is for everyone. The best way to build an app inclusive of everyone, is with the
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help of the entire community. The broadest set of contributors to both the host
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app and extensions will enable these apps to work for everyone.
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## You shouldn't need a web browser just to use your PC
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Users shouldn't have to open a web browser for every little thing they want to
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do. What users need should always be at their fingertips.
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## Success is measured in disengagement mins
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Our goal is not to have you spending **more** time with the Command Palette.
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It's to have you spending **less**. Get what you need done, then go live life.
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Command Palette is here to get what you need, and get out. How fast we can help
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the user get to what they need and get back to were doing - that's the metric
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we're optimizing for here.
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