The interesting thing about the suggestion/recommendation of Launchy and Dash is that they're both keystroke-oriented interfaces, and I find that fascinating, since it begins to show that for some users, the OS' [G]UI gets in the way and is not the most effective method of interaction.
It reminds me of the presentation by David Cronin at Interaction '08, in which he pretty much says the same thing regarding applications for day traders and systems they use, which have basically command-line interpreters built in since time is of the essence and it's actually quicker for them to enter in the commands and data than to try to point-and-click. Thanks for recommending these utilities, since it certainly gets me thinking in other directions with regard to projects I'm working on (or may have to work on in the future), not just Windows or OS user interaction. evan k. stone | ui guy | dragnet solutions, inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Austin Mansu Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 4:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Windows -- what would you change in interaction? >In a perfect world Windows would ship with Launchy Dash would also be handy: http://trydash.com/home/ There's a few extra features here to Launchy but they also come at a small price. (What I wouldn't give to have Quicksilver on Windows). Austin Mansu Information Architect Executive | OneDigital Pty Limited ______________________________________________________________________ p. + 61 (0)2 9218 8904 f. + 61 (0)2 9211 4232 m. + 61 (0)411 015 232 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] w. www.onedigital.com.au ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
