Re: [Usability] Launchers? [Was: logout dialog redux]

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

Jeff Waugh wrote:

> What's your take on the launcher-icons-on-desktop thing, by the way?
> (Launchers as opposed to real files.)

I'm pretty much in favour.  There's only so many launchers you can put
on a panel, plus you can lay them out with more freedom on the desktop,
so you can have a lot more of them but still find them just as quickly. 
That's actually how I use the desktop on my Mac (and my Windows box,
when I had one)-- I don't have any documents on it all, only application
launchers.

On the other hand, when I'm using GNOME on my Solaris box, my screen is
so full that I can't see the bloody desktop anyway, so I have nothing on
it at all :o)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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