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[Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 13:30 +0200, Conscious User wrote:
> > Well the Shell guys still arent convinced about using Zeitgeist yet but
> > tracker and Zeitgeist would be very powerful for FAYT. Using Zeitgeist
> > you could filter the results of searches going by their regular activity
> > for instance which would make the search a lot more tailored to the
> > user.
> > I wouldnt agree that FAYT is scary for regular users. My mother is very
> > very bad at computers and she uses the application search on windows
> > Vista. Some people actually prefer it because its faster to type it than
> > navigating through menu structures.
> 
> "Some" being the keyword. I love Gnome-Do and I *do* believe that FATY
> is something that the average user can get used to very quickly, I am
> just raising the issue of how to make a good first time impression.
Well then why not cater for both users, the point and clickers and the
searchers? It makes sense to do both in my opinion.

-fagan