[haiku] Re: Launchbox

-- Jonas Sundström, on Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:28:38 +0200 CEST:
> E.g. should we force people to use 'mkindex' or offer check-
> boxes in FileTypes? I say the latter. Why make things hard
> when they don't have to be. Understanding can come gradually
> instead of having it all explained up-front.

There's that. However, using commands with parameters and all in 
Terminal is another league than moving links and files with Tracker, a 
shore users should be familiar with.
Also, the ~/config/be menu is already configurable with the "Configure 
Deskbar Menu" panel. Frankly, I find this panel not helpful. It's 
overcomplicating to use custom lists and buttons to create groups/
folders and entries/files and more buttons and menus to move among and 
remove them etc. The file&folder approach using Tracker is a simple and 
easy to grasp mechanism that has the elegance to learn once, use 
everywhere.

As I said, concentrating the access to the different "magic" file/
folder locations in a descriptive and structured panel is fine and 
welcome. But the method of customizing things should, IMO, limit itself 
to opening the location in Tracker and empower the user to learn and 
understand the system.

Regards,
Humdinger

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