Re: [Usability] Idea: Systemwide adressbar

[Christoph Mueller <chris christophm de>]

Hi,

> > I think this would be a great feature for the Gnome Desktop.
> 
> In what ways would an address bar be different from the currently
> existing deskbar applet ( http://raphael.slinckx.net/deskbar/ )

The deskbar is only a searcher and starter for different things like
address book, applications, bookmarks or internet search.

But the address bar would also be a starter, but the url to an
application or dialog is present every time the application or dialog
has focus. The url shows the state of the application. Like in a web
application. The url represents the address to that application or
function of that application. So users can do the same things they can
do with urls in web applications. Send via email or bookmark it.

If the user often writes an email to someone, it would be a great idea
to have a shortcut somewhere on which he can click. Probably this can be
done with Evolution and some cryptic command line parameters. But the
average user does not know how to use it. But if the user writes an
email in Evolution the normal way, and the address bar represents the
state of the "new mail" window, while he writes the mail, like
system://evolution/newmail?to=chris christophm de&subject=test, the
application signals the user, that he can copy the address, execute it,
and have the same new mail again. Or he can bookmark it and also send it
via email to a friend.

-- 
Greetings,
 Christoph