Hi, > > I think this would be a great feature for the Gnome Desktop. > > In what ways would an address bar be different from the currently > existing deskbar applet ( http://raphael.slinckx.net/deskbar/ )
The deskbar is only a searcher and starter for different things like address book, applications, bookmarks or internet search. But the address bar would also be a starter, but the url to an application or dialog is present every time the application or dialog has focus. The url shows the state of the application. Like in a web application. The url represents the address to that application or function of that application. So users can do the same things they can do with urls in web applications. Send via email or bookmark it. If the user often writes an email to someone, it would be a great idea to have a shortcut somewhere on which he can click. Probably this can be done with Evolution and some cryptic command line parameters. But the average user does not know how to use it. But if the user writes an email in Evolution the normal way, and the address bar represents the state of the "new mail" window, while he writes the mail, like system://evolution/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&subject=test, the application signals the user, that he can copy the address, execute it, and have the same new mail again. Or he can bookmark it and also send it via email to a friend. -- Greetings, Christoph _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
