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Icons need action ?
Icons need action ?
Posted Oct 13, 2005 14:19 UTC (Thu) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501)In reply to: Icons need action ? by kenmoffat
Parent article: A pair of desktop initiatives
IMHO icons on the desktop are bad: you need to stop what you're doing just to view them.
The 4-5 most important programs should be used as taskbar icons. Beyond that, I can't figure anything better than a menu. In a menu icons od help to find an item faster assuming you have already found it before.
Sadly, the command-prompts on icewm (alt-ctrl-space) has no form of completion and/or history.
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Icons need action ?
Posted Oct 14, 2005 2:20 UTC (Fri) by coolian (guest, #14818) [Link]
I guess this is an either-or question.
I use icons on the desktop all of the time.
Who wants to watch something slog away? I minimize things...Crazy, I know.