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Message #07221
Re: Two dimensional launcher?
What about a three dimensional side bar? Like the one in the picture...
Supernova
2011/11/17 Marco Biscaro <marcobiscaro2112@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Do you mean something like Mac OS' Stacks?
> http://toastytech.com/guis/osx15stacksfan.png
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> Em 17-11-2011 06:15, Simon Čopi escreveu:
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> There is not a lot of place to launch applications from launcher. I don't
> like that movable (scrolling) launcher to much. And searching for an
> application is also time consuming. For me is better to have a tool (an
> application icon) on a fixed, memorized position. Not at an movable
> scrolling place. If your wife move your hammer 1 meter away from place you
> you've left it, how many time you need to find it (if you have a lot of
> tools on a table)?
>
> How about to make 2 dimensional launcher like:
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> B
> B
> B B B B B B B (configurable second dimension)
> B
> B
> B
> B
> B
> B
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> (B is button, application icon)
>
> That means to add special button(s) and configure it (drag drop?) to show
> desired buttons in a row. So we can launch more applications without scroll
> or search. All desired icons can be 1 move (to show launcher and activate
> second dimension with just move over special button) + 1 click away. Row is
> invisible unless it is activated, only special button is visible. So
> launcher it could be scrollable as it is, plus 2 dimensional.
>
> So the point is that i would like to find a tool on a place where i left it.
>
> I hope it is understandable what i wrote. I am far from perfect in this
> language.
>
> Simon
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