Re: Command completer in runDialog

[Alexandre Kaspar <alexandre kaspar epfl ch>]

Le mercredi 16 mars 2011 à 22:15 +0000,
gnome-shell-list-request gnome org a écrit :
> I bet the response is "if Alt+F2 becomes a part of your daily
> workflow, we've done something wrong" 

I bet not.
I've been used to gnome-do up to the day I figured out that gnome
already had that (ALT+F2), even though the gnome-do version has other
features... but it happened I didn't really need them.

I'm pretty sure there are plenty of people who do not really like using
a mouse. Having keyboard shortcuts is a need.
Especially people who code are often ( I guess ) really fast writing and
it gets faster to type a shortcut+program name than to moooooovvveeeee
the mouse to a desktop shortcut or any sort of menu to browse and then
get to click to the program we want.
Text is generally more suitable as soon as you get used to writing with
a keyboard because of its precision.
The mouse isn't precise, it moves all the time, so the movement is
different => no automation.
The keyboard doesn't move, so we get automated to typing shortcuts and
it gets clearly faster.

Well, it's probably only my opinion, but I use ALT+F2 REALLY often and
will probably not change such a habit with my next linux version.
It may just change from ALT+F2 to Super or another keystroke.

The autocompletion in this command runner is somehow important because
we do not want to have to memorize everything. The computer is here to
help. I'd love to have something like spotlight to be able to reach
everything easily. I hope Zeitgeist will be integrated once so that we
can use it to have a better autocompletion.

Alexandre Kaspar
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