[ge-talk] Feedback on R2 Deskbar Mockup

[Ari Haviv]

On 12/18/06, Waldemar Kornewald <wkornewald at haiku-os.org> wrote:
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> Of course, but you currently have to do this organization manually,
> too. You create folders to structure your data and many people
> * don't know how to do it
> * don't do it
> * do it ineffectively and can't find anything in their structures
> We already have that mess. We just don't deal with so many files that
> it becomes totally apparent. My friend has multiple hard drives and
> all his data is spread in folders with strange names. When I ask him
> to find something he browses all hard drives and multiple folders and
> often wonders "hmm, where did I put those files again?". It takes a
> lot of time to find something and in the end he always uses the
> Windows search feature.


Yes but I'm saying the OS should sort apps into folders automatically.  The
simplest idea would be to take the Bebits toplevel hierarchy-a developer
would have to add an attribute identifying the type of app and once you get
it, the OS would put it in the appropriate folder. A game would go in the
games folder.

yes this requires a little cooperation from developers.

And the tab bar would take care of the icon clutter on the desktop -looking
for the most frequently used apps in each type.

> > Please read this article (it's pretty technical, though):
> > > http://haiku-os.org/node/108
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> You probably haven't read the article...
> That's *exactly* the way it will work. You can move apps around
> without any problems. You can transfer them between hard drives and
> partitions.
> Just delete the app file (either from Tracker or Deskbar) and the app
> automatically gets uninstalled.
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> For the end-user the app is just one single file and he never has to
> mess with the ugly details.


That would be perfect. if you can do this one thing, I just don't see how
anyone would want to use anything else.
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