Re: Recently used applications

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Calum Benson <calum benson sun com> writes: 
> Sounds like you're in a great position to gather some usability data for
> us here :)  Some things it would be useful to find out:
> 
> - Why didn't those users create shortcuts for those application in XP's
> shortcut bar, which would have allowed them to launch them with a single
> click rather than two or more?
> 
> - Similarly, why would they prefer a recent applications menu in GNOME
> over the ability to create a launcher on the panel?
> 

My guess is "recently used apps happens automatically"

I've never really seen Windows users I know edit menus or add stuff to
the taskbar. The desktop seems to be where they figure out to put
things.

Havoc