Re: Recently used applications

[Andrew Coulam <aigiskos yahoo com>]

Perhaps this need would be best served under a entry:

Favorites (or Bookmarks)---> Files        ---> ...
                             Applications ---> ...

--- John McCutchan <ttb tentacle dhs org> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 01:33:24AM +0000, mike
> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 04:13, axel c wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 23:52, Dave Bordoley
> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > The rationale for recent documents is that it
> moves the interface
> > > > towards a more document centered approach,
> hence users can think about
> > > > the objects they want to manipulate rather
> than the tools they want to
> > > > use to manipulate them with. This feature is a
> real step forward.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I fully agree with this. I think the desktop as
> a whole should be
> > > 'object-oriented' rather than 'process-oriented'
> (not speaking about the
> > > programming here, that is irrelevant to the
> user). He/she just knows
> > > that clicking on a document allows him to edit
> it again.Taking this
> > > approacb to the extreme, the user shouldn't even
> need (stress "need") to
> > > know the name of the app he uses for listening
> to mp3's, or writing
> > > letters, or watching camera pictures. So i think
> the 'recent files'
> > > thing, is a great interface enhancement. and i
> think the right place
> > > would be at the very top of the menu, since
> 'top-left' is the part of
> > > the fovea (visual area) that is processed by the
> brain first, this is an
> > > automatic perception process (guess why the
> 'File' menu has always been
> > > top-left).
> > > 
> > > Of course, this document-oriented orientation is
> annoying to some users,
> > > so the 'make it an option' axyom remains valid
> here...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Recent applications on the other hand would be
> an arbitrary category of
> > > > applications that have no relation to each
> other than they have been
> > > > recently used. 
> > 
> > For most users this would actually be an important
> criteria - ie: the
> > apps that they have recently used (which would
> also usually be the most
> > used apps)
> > 
> > Personally I would see this as more usual than the
> documents option
> > (cant recall ever using it in win)
> 
> Yes, I switched over some people from Windows XP to
> gnome 2 (RedHat 8)
> And a repeated comment, was where are the list of my
> recent applications?
> People like this feature, most people would use
> Word, Internet Explorer,
> Excel and Windows Media player all the time, so they
> would always be in
> that list. So for them it was a two click process
> instead of a one click
> scan list (That as a non power user you are
> unfamiliar with and don't
> care to get familiar with), click. 
> A comment I got was "I hate having to search through
> the menus just to find 
> my movie player".
> 
> John
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