Re: [Usability] GnomeShell - Recent Documents

[Dan Brickley <danbri danbri org>]

On 22/6/09 21:16, Andre Klapper wrote:
> Am Montag, den 22.06.2009, 20:50 +0530 schrieb Vasanth Kumar:
> > 3) A privacy mechanism for Recent Documents. Say a Context Menu added
> > to each file stating "Open Privately"(or Something that makes sense).
> > When a file is opened through this mode, the file should not be
> > included in the Recent Documents Item.
>
> What is the usecase for this (as GNOME supports multiple users)?

Sounds like a close cousin of 
http://lifehacker.com/5077001/early-look-at-firefoxs-private-browsing-mode
http://mashable.com/2008/12/08/firefox-private-browsing/
http://ehsanakhgari.org/blog/2008-11-04/dont-leave-trace-private-browsing-firefox

That last link has a non-porn use case, from one of the firefox 
developers: "Suppose you're doing something online, and you don't want 
your coworkers know about it.  An example scenario would be looking for 
a new employer while at work!"

Browsers often invoke desktop apps, or drop files into the system which 
are invoked manually. So many use cases for private browsing can 
probably be recycled here...

cheers,

Dan