Friendware
Tab-to-complete everywhere on MacOS
221 followers
Tab-to-complete everywhere on MacOS
221 followers
Friendware is not only a tab to complete everywhere. It’s a new paradigm of the proactive AI. The death of context switching, explaining yourself to and AI, and copy and pasting
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Congrats on the launch, @jaredsuniverse 🚀 I've been researching the system-wide AI assistant space and put together this analysis.
Friendware has an interesting UX for the screen-aware context approach. What do you think of https://wisprflow.ai/
Voice-first dictation approach, would that be more common than a text-based approach eventually?
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@shreyas_adiyodi Voice-first will definitely grow, but I think text-based stays dominant for a while. People use voice when their hands are full or they're on the go, but for detailed work or in shared spaces, typing is still the default. Friendware's screen-aware approach is smart because it adapts to whatever the user naturally reaches for in that moment.
Also, that analysis is awesome. Howd you make it, all LLMs?
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Hey - Quick clarification based on a few DMs I’ve gotten:
Friendware isn’t a chatbot, you don’t “go to” it.
It stays with you and activates only when you press Tab, using what’s already on your screen as context.
So instead of:
open AI → explain → copy → paste
It’s:
pause → Tab → done
Curious where people here find most annoying about their current AI workflow. Where does it break flow for you?
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@basicpixel Yes I'll definitely do that, thanks!
Looks great Jared. What's on the roadmap in the near future? Seems like this would pair well with voice?
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@andrew_heim Thanks Andrew! Voice integration is definitely on our radar - would be a natural fit. Right now we're focused on deepening the AI capabilities and expanding integrations with the tools people already use daily. Happy to chat more about the vision if you're interested!
@jaredsuniverse yeam seems like a perfect fit for a whisper/willow/aqua voice on steroids tbh! yeah will shoot you a dm
Interesting approach. Would love to hear what’s next on your roadmap.
The screen context understanding is interesting. For text-heavy workflows like documentation or research, does Friendware handle visual elements (screenshots, diagrams) or is it primarily text-based context?
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@yamamoto7 Hey thanks! So right now its optimized for text-based context to prioritize speed and limit the amount of noise it picks up. Is there a particular workflow you have in mind in relation to documentation / research ?
@jaredsuniverse Makes sense to prioritize speed. I'm thinking about cases like reading API docs or research papers where you need to reference code snippets while writing - the text-based approach should work well for that.
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@yamamoto7 ah I see! Yes, soon it will be very tailored to the individual user via self learning so that way it can just pick on those patterns you might have like reading papers and referencing code snippets.