On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Diego Moya <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 28 April 2010 10:50, Tyler Brainerd wrote: > > If the goal of all this is to directly connect the user quickly with > > their files and programs, then adding programs that are not currently > > installed will only add clutter and messiness, > > The application menu has also the goal to let the user discover the > applications available in the system. > > I like the idea of showing installable applications in the search > results, but Tyler is right that it can hurt the primary goal of > opening common programs if done badly. I think showing a separate > panel for the software center results would be enough to distinguish > both use cases and reduce the possible confusion. > Or at the very least, restrict the number of visible options, or have it show options if there is no (or few) matches found on system. I still think, either way, the discussion here is suggesting something which has conflicting goals. Is it an app search or a file search? Is it currently installed apps or installable apps? Its going to create a really mess. Lets narrow the vision a bit, and then I think it will work. In this note, we see in Windows a very clear application: The start menu is meant as a hub of applications, so pressing it and typing searches applications, not documents. Document names are often repetitive (I often name documents simply numbers, and identify them based on location in a folder) but application names make sense to search.
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