Launching the Revolution: Kickoff's redesign ideas
Sep 10, 2010, 13:32 (1 Talkback[s])
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"The launcher menu paradox has almost been around ever since
graphical environments were created. They provided a simple method
through which users could access their applications pertaining to a
particular task. Before the start menu, users had a folder view,
generally, with the applications in a list. Earlier environments
had to omnipresent shell which launched programs by just typing the
name.
"Later, along came Linux and graphical environments for it. Some
of them have kept the basic idea of a start menu, like the one on
Windows 95. KDE did it, Gnome did it and many others, even the high
end ones like Enlightenment, did it. It should be admitted though
that this is a very clever idea to work with. It is fast, simple,
and very visually engaging. However, this launching model by todays
standards seems outdated. At least, this is something that
frustrates me every now and then because it is so common. It is
time for a revolution, a change."
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