Re: Recently Used Files Proposal

[Aschwin van der Woude <aschwin van der woude movial fi>]

On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 17:03 +0200, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> For this, we should have a more complex UI, paired up with a simplyer
> one, in order to view all the recently used resources.

A always thought it might be handy to easily switch context. E.g. switch
to doing work, photography, etc.
Within one context the recent-files would be different than the next.
But as this is merely a simple thought, I don't know how this would look
like or work in real life. And surely its more of grand-picture idea
than an idea specifically for the recent-files thing.

> Also, the proposed API allows the creation of per-application lists, and
> even meta-classes of applications (recently used items that shows up in
> a class of applications, say Editors or Media Players).

While these are useful they do require to open the app first, and if a
user would have opened a file using nautilus he might not always know
which app it was he used to edit or view the file.


> So, what I am proposing is not just the revamped version of the current
> recent-files code: it's more like a more generic approach to the issue.

I don't mean to shoot down you idea or implementation. I merely wanted
to point out my experiences, in case they make sense beyond my personal
use case.

Thanks,

-Aschwin