it's okay to laugh, if anybody thinks these use cases are funny :D On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 17:14, David Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: > Frederik, try listing a small set of use cases describing exactly what > you're proposing.
1. FINDING APPLICATIONS QUICKLY Netbookuser47 wants to launch "Zapp" (fictional name) from Applications. CURRENT METHOD Netbookuser47 goes through the tedious work of combing "Applications" for what she wants to launch.. finds "Zapp" in Applications > Accessories after scrolling a little, since her 10" doesn't show all items on one screen without scrolling. Defying all variations of Finn's law, Netbookuser47 manages to aim at and click the "Zapp" item in the menu, hereby launching the desired application. FAYT METHOD Netbookuser47 presses ALT+F1 [1], is instantly offered "find something.." and begins typing "Zapp" letter by letter. After typing the second letter about 800ms later, "find something.." already pops out a app icon she can launch per click or upon pressing ENTER.. 2. FINDING FILES AND FRIENDS QUICKLY NuRdy wants to send bRainY some photos from last week's night out. CURRENT METHOD NuRdy opens Nautilus, email "Compose" window is already open in the background. After finding a folder called "DSC92xyz" that most likely contains the last photo sync from his mobile phone, he searches it for some recent pictures. After a lot of distraction, scrolling and zooming, NuRdy arrives at a couple of last week's shots. Now he selects some, grabs them with the mouse and tries to overcome the DnD issues his windowmanager is imposing onto him, by somehow dropping the bundle onto the "Compose" window for inclusion in his new email to bRainY. Nurdy finishes composing and hits send. FAYT METHOD NuRdy hits ALT+F1, starts typing photos and is offered "photos" upon the first letter already. presses enter. sees a list of the most recent fotos synced onto his computer. selects the ones he likes best for impressing bRainY, right-clicks one of them and chooses "send via email to..", which brings up a people-search dialog. starts typing "bRainY", as "bRainY" already appears upon the second letter, ready to be added to "Recipient" in the "Compose" window about to be automatically invoked with all selected photos readily attached. 3. FINDING VISITED SITES QUICKLY JereMyA## forgot his favourite uncle's photo blog URL CURRENT METHOD JereMyA## opens Mozilla Firefox, his favourite browser, searches the bookmarks and to his astoundment doesn't remember what exactly he chose to name his uncle's favourite blog in there, before he went on his extended holiday. JereMyA## knows the shortcut combination CTRL+L > TAB will take him to the FAYT google search field in Firefox, so he does it. After typing his favourite uncle's full name, he receives suggestions for a famous tabletennis player, two popular actors and a bookstore in Wyoming. After some more depressing attempts, JereMyA## decides to search his browsing history via CTRL-H in Mozilla Firefox. After some more of his patience has been consumed by scrollbars and confusing list items, JereMyA## find's his uncle's blog page among the recently visited items, and launches it. FAYT METHOD JereMyA## hits ALT+F1, starts typing his favourite uncle's name. After the third letter, the dialog offers him a large friendly thumbnail of his favourite uncle's mugshot, relational information such as blog, email address, IM contact(showing availability) and telephone number beside it as buttons. JereMyA## selects "blog" and is presented with a new tab in his favourite browser, showing his favourite uncle's blog. WHATS YOUR SCENARIO?? _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
