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

[Matthias Huber]

Laszlo KREKACS schrieb:
> 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
>   
why double click ? for me, i am using double click for a menu and a 
single click for starting the app.

> 2. sliding left/sliding right would change the current page. I would
> also suggest
> different background image for each "virtual desktop".
>   
sliding between desktops is very interesting for me too.

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