Re: [Usability] An extended default applications dialog

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 11:07 +1000, Kai Willadsen wrote:

> Maybe I'm alone in this, but I think that once you start adding search
> boxes to dialogues, you know you've gone wrong somewhere.
> 
> Categorisation is also a dubious way of making the dialogue more usable;
> you end up with an arbitrary set of categories that may or may not make
> sense to an individual

FWIW, I agree with both those points, but judging by the imminent
arrival of the new control center window, we're in the minority...

Cheeri,
Calum.

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