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[Alex Lourie <djay.il@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Scott E. Armitage <
launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am also strongly against this. As Conscious User points out, hyperlinks,
> launchers, and menu items are buttons that I press in order to do some
> action, whereas icons represent files or folders, i.e. "physical" objects.
> They are inherently different things. The last thing I want is for an
> accidentally placed pointer to open some (potentially huge and RAM-eating)
> file, which may need a (potentially huge and long-loading) application to
> start.
>
> -Scott
>
>
+1

Alex.