OK, but why is it so hard going through the apps folder itself in the
Finder, seeing you can type the first few letterws of the app, and be taken
right to it, then just command+o.
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Krister Ekstrom" <kris...@kristersplace.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: Launchpad
One situation where the launchpad could come in handy is if you don't have
an application in the dock and don't want to sift through loads of files in
the apps folder itself, i found it quite nice to just go into the launchpad
and find the app from there.
And how is it, does drag/drop not work inside Launchpad and how do you then
drag an app on top of another to create a folder?
/Krister
21 jul 2011 kl. 20:44 skrev Marc Workman:
So I never intended to suggest that launchpad doesn't work, and thanks to
Chris for the tip about escape, that will indeed dismiss the launchpad.
I maintain that it is pretty useless though. Folders make sense in IOS,
where there is no list of all your apps that can be accessed quickly
through first letter navigation, with the exception of spotlight. With
Lion though, the applications folder, the doc, spotlight, all seem like
much faster ways of locating and launching apps.
I'd be interested in knowing if and how others have found launchpad to be
useful.
Cheers,
Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: Austin Seraphin
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: Launchpad
I don't know about worthless. I actually think it might have some cool
potential. It does have a few differences than a standard grid view.
Firstly, in theory, you can drag and drop applications like in iOS. This
includes dropping one application on top of another to form a folder. Many
blind people already know about this from having an iDevice. I'd kind of
like a nice home screen or three with some cool folders. The launchpad
also has another interesting feature: in addition to looking in
/Applications (off the root), it also looks in ~/Applications (off the
home directory). I could imagine some interesting uses for that. But as
you've pointed out elsewhere, we have several quite handy ways to launch
applications.
- Austin
On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:53 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
Yup,
It works its just worthless. lol. Its just basically viewing apps in a
grid view.
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter & Skype: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org
On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Mary Otten wrote:
Daniel,
There was a post on this list from someone who said that launchpad
doesn't seem to be a very useful tool for blind folks, and then he
detailed some of his reasons.
Mary Otten
motte...@gmail.com
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