I have to agree with this. It's worth putting a cap on now. When gnome takes over the world of deskop environments, and there is commercial support, i don't want my desktop covered with launchers a'la windows. I'm not saying the shouldn't exist, but they shouldn't be enouraged.
On 7/12/05, Maciej Katafiasz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dnia 13-05-2005, pią o godzinie 18:17 +0100, Phil Bull napisał: > > I mean, if you have only certain icons on certain desktops, you have > > to know which desktop you left that icon on. This means you have to > > change workspace to get to an icon too, so it ends up being quicker to > > use the Applications menu to launch apps. This makes the desktop > > pretty much useless for accessing programs quickly, which is what most > > users actually use it for! > > APPLICATIONS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE RUN FROM DESKTOP. Having crappy > Applications menu or suffering from must-put-my-branding-everywhere > ISV-itis is not an excuse. Desktop is for user's work (and only for > user's work), application launchers clearly aren't user's work. > > Cheers, > Maciej > > PS. The above is completely without regard to (rather valid) points you > raise. > > -- > Being really good at C++ is like being really good at using rocks to > sharpen sticks. (Thant Tessman) > -------- > Maciej Katafiasz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://mathrick.org > > _______________________________________________ > Usability mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability >
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