Insisting on metaphors that exploit the device's weaknesses (Re: Centralization of graphical awesomeness)

[Laszlo KREKACS]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Neil Jerram <neiljerram at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I think it would be more usable (instead of having to scroll) to have
> multiple pages of icons, which you switch between using the same < and
>> as for switching between apps.  (i.e. each icon page acts like
> another app)

To not confuse with window changing, I would suggest the following scenario:
1. double click for launching an app
2. sliding left/sliding right would change the current page. I would
also suggest
different background image for each "virtual desktop".


Laszlo