task-oriented kickoff

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A Tuesday 04 March 2008 16:22:55, Riccardo Iaconelli escreveu:
> On 3/3/08, Michael Rudolph <michael.rudolph at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > while we're at the task of improving kickoff, I'd like to tell you my
> > thoughts of what should be improved about kickoff and my ideas for how
> > it could be done.
> >
> > Currently kickoff is an application launcher interface and thus, in my
> > point of view, is putting the spotlight on the wrong items of our user
> > interface.
> >
> > Instead of making kickoff be about applications, why not let tasks take
> > center stage in the start-menu? After all, it's tasks that we really
> > want to get done when we use a computer, applications are just the
> > necessary means to do it with current technology.
> >
> > There is already a lot of interesting technology in place (since win95,
> > in fact), so the transition from an app-centric user interface to a
> > task-centric one could be evolutionary, rather than revolutionary,
> > which is a good thing in my book.
> >
> > For starters we could put the recent documents tab up front. This is as
> > good as it currently gets in terms of giving users access to their
> > current tasks and projects. I'd also rename the tab to "current tasks".
> >
> > We could start to give better descriptions in applications' .desktop-
> > files. So instead of having "Word Processing" in kword's file, we would
> > put "Write a letter" or "Write a resumé" in there and launch kword with
> > the appropriate "--template" option. (and of course use descriptions
> > instead of application names in kickoff).
> >
> > This is of course just a first step, a very easy one though. I also have
> > ideas for further steps, that, although lacking intimate knowledge of
> > plasma's inner workings, I'd still call easy, too.
> >
> > But first I'd like to hear your comments. Are we on the same page with
> > task-centric user interfaces? And would such a first step be feasible?
> >
> > michael
>
> Yes, and... that's the idea behind raptor, no? ;-)

yep that is one of raptors main features TOM (task oriented menu) (its just 
one option)
>
> -Riccardo



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