Blink: Touch-based session launcher

[nriley]

As much as I appreciate the command line, sometimes I just want to launch a session quickly without having to (correctly!) type the hostname. Some options (either of which I'd be fine with) would be:

• opening new windows with a speed-dial type interface such as in a Web browser (e.g. in Safari when tapping the address bar), for which one option would be the Blink command line

• adding recent hosts / configured hosts to the session overview if implemented (#9), perhaps similar to how iCloud tabs are shown in Safari

In my case, just having all my sessions open all the time (#59) would solve a lot of the problem, so if that gets implemented first, this would be a lower-priority item.

Thanks!

[carloscabanero]

Thanks for the elaborated issue. I will add it to the Icebox so we can start thinking what is the best way to implement this :)

[goerz]

Personally, I would prefer for this to be solved through some sort of tab completion that preserves the elegance of Blink's command line interface: ssh [tab] or mosh [tab] could unobtrusively pop up a list of configured hosts, ordered by recent access. This popup could even be tappable.

[drdaeman]

Spotlight searches for a part of the hostname may work as a shortcut (although it fails for me right now), but that's not exactly perfect. I think it would be nice if there'd be a way to force-touch the launcher icon and have a few recently used hosts listed there.