One situation where the launchpad could come in handy is if you don't have an application in the dock and don't want to sift through loads of files in the apps folder itself, i found it quite nice to just go into the launchpad and find the app from there. And how is it, does drag/drop not work inside Launchpad and how do you then drag an app on top of another to create a folder? /Krister
21 jul 2011 kl. 20:44 skrev Marc Workman: > So I never intended to suggest that launchpad doesn't work, and thanks to > Chris for the tip about escape, that will indeed dismiss the launchpad. > > I maintain that it is pretty useless though. Folders make sense in IOS, > where there is no list of all your apps that can be accessed quickly through > first letter navigation, with the exception of spotlight. With Lion though, > the applications folder, the doc, spotlight, all seem like much faster ways > of locating and launching apps. > > I'd be interested in knowing if and how others have found launchpad to be > useful. > > Cheers, > > Marc > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Austin Seraphin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 11:48 AM > Subject: Re: Launchpad > > I don't know about worthless. I actually think it might have some cool > potential. It does have a few differences than a standard grid view. Firstly, > in theory, you can drag and drop applications like in iOS. This includes > dropping one application on top of another to form a folder. Many blind > people already know about this from having an iDevice. I'd kind of like a > nice home screen or three with some cool folders. The launchpad also has > another interesting feature: in addition to looking in /Applications (off the > root), it also looks in ~/Applications (off the home directory). I could > imagine some interesting uses for that. But as you've pointed out elsewhere, > we have several quite handy ways to launch applications. > > - Austin > > On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:53 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> Yup, >> >> It works its just worthless. lol. Its just basically viewing apps in a >> grid view. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >>> Daniel, >>> There was a post on this list from someone who said that launchpad doesn't >>> seem to be a very useful tool for blind folks, and then he detailed some of >>> his reasons. >>> Mary Otten >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
