Fwd: Re: Application duplication (was: Re: cdbakeoven)

[Neil Stevens]

On Saturday April 20, 2002 05:47, Matthias Welwarsky wrote:
> Neil Stevens wrote:
> > On Saturday April 20, 2002 04:40, Matthias Welwarsky wrote:

> >> Well, as long as you don't accept that the typical desktop user
> >> basically wants to "do something" with his/her computer, not caring
> >> about how exactily the task is a ccomplished, you can of course argue
> >> away every need for a change.
> >
> > You have complete agreement from me about task orientation.  That's
> > what leads me to support things like SDI models.  I just don't see how
> > removing choices leads to greater task orientation.
>
> Not in itself of course. You cannot take away a choice if you cannot
> offer something with equivalent functionality in exchange. The problem
> is not that we have a too large variety of choices but that the choices
> are all bad, because they don't offer all the functionality needed for a
> given task. They may even overlap in what they provide, which is
> especially bad, because it prooves that the one, complete and working
> choice could be possible if the code was put together.

The choices are only a problem with the K menu as it exists, so let's 
design an alternative to the current K menu method of app launching.  The 
K menu is intrinsically application centered.  Maybe a task-oriented KDE 
Launcher app/kicker extension would be helpful?

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