Re: Recently used applications

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

Calum Benson wrote:

> On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 00:27, John McCutchan wrote:
>
>  
>
> > I think that the windows xp start menu is decent. Having most frequently
> > run programs and the ability to pin certain programs to a short list of
> > 6 at the top of the list and then a seperate button to get the full
> > list of applications is much easier to use from a novice's point of view.
> >    
>
> Users never cease to amaze me :)  You say these are novice users, yet
> they apparently know how to 'pin' programs to the list so they always
> appear... I've been using XP for a year and never knew you could do that
> :)  I assume (since I'm not running it right now) that this is a feature
> that's only available by right clicking on an item in the Apps list? 
> Did you show them how to do this or did they figure it out for
> themselves?
>  
The feature is sort of discoverable for people who have used the menu 
editing in previous versions of Windows.  The entries above the 
separator are static, while the ones below vary depending on your usage. 
To pin an app, simply drag it from below the separator to above.

James.

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