>
> > - searching works perfectly , bla bla
>
> Yes, but we're not searching in the traditional sense. That is,
> searching is not simply a matter of entering text. It's really more
> about contextual awareness than searching. For instance, let's say you
> have an external harddisk that you only use for backups. You only take
> backups once a month, so it'll never be among your most frequently used
> applications. When you do want to take a backup, obviously, you want the
> backup application to be easily available. This is where you would
> assume that the "frequent applications" method would break, since there
> are so many applications you use more frequently. But frequent
> applications work very nicely, because in this _specific context_, the
> backup application is _the_ most frequently used application.
>
> The context begins when you connect your harddisk. It ends when you
> disconnect it. Not just any harddisk, mind you. This context is
> connected to your backup disk and only that. But it is a "child context"
> of connecting an external harddisk, which itself is a child context of a
> new data source becoming available. This can happen for a large number
> of reasons, such as connecting to the internet or your company intranet.
>
> Since you always start the backup application within minutes of
> connecting that harddisk, the system adds your backup application to the
> list of most accessible applications. You open the dash and start the
> first application in the list, because the system knows it's the
> application you're most likely to want to use right now. In this case,
> you're searching for applications by connecting a specific harddisk, not
> by entering text. Starting the backup application is always done
> whenever you connect your backup disk, which is why in this context,
> backup is the most frequently used application and the most expected
> action.
>
That new backup item on the list would need some kind of glow or highlighting
else you could miss/overlook it very easily. When am in search mode , I
wouldn't usually "pay too much attention" at the frequent used application list
first, my intention when opening the dash would be to immediately start typing
"backup".
A notification would also be nice to grab your attention.
Reminders are useful, people wouldn't even remember to pay their bills once a
month without one. They then get reminded once they have no service :p
> As a positive side effect, this also means you'll be reminded by your
> system that the backup disk is still connected, because backup is in the
> list of expected actions, which it will never be when the backup disk is
> not connected.
>
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