May 22, 2009 at 11:10The order on the "desktop": two thoughts
This topic is the result of chemical reactions in the brain of the avanti habrayuzer, minus for ideologically incorrect thoughts. There are pluses to it;)
No wonder the “desktop” is called the desktop — for most of users this is the main interface window in graphical mode. We launch applications from the desktop, and here we usually place the files we often work with.
However, you can get carried away, and then the "desktop" turns into a "glove box". If we draw an analogy with a real desktop, then a mess is when we cannot find all kinds of papers in a heap, but there is no time (or maybe desire) to figure it out.
How does it happen:
Obviously, this is inconvenient! For comfortable work, order is often necessary. And this order needs to be organized.
I have the following groups of documents on my desktop: shortcuts for accessing frequently used folders, “temporary files” that are waiting for their use, a couple of shortcuts for games, as well as files and music that I download from the network directly to the desktop (so that later make out :). When everything is on the heap, it looks unaesthetic, and it’s difficult to work. Therefore, I decided, by analogy with a real office desk, where there are places for the main types of documents, to make “shelves” directly in the picture.
Here's what I got: But this is not the best solution - after all, you need to edit the picture yourself, drag the icons. And what will happen if there are more icons than the area drawn under them? Too much handmade and troubles.
And why do we need to manually organize the desktop, if you can get a routine for the computer?
Suppose that there is a special program that is designed to organize the order on the desktop. The program (with user prompts) creates several areas, as in the screenshot, which automatically change size depending on the number of objects. The user can determine the position of the area on the desktop, and possibly set a size limit.
But the most remarkable thing is if the program could sort objects based on the given parameters. For example, if a shortcut is placed on the desktop, it is automatically placed in the shortcut area. Which, in turn, can be two - shortcuts for folders and shortcuts for applications. Accordingly, if firefox downloads are placed on the desktop, the program detects them and places them in the download area. If the program cannot determine where to place the object, then it throws it into the free area.
The user, of course, can drag and drop objects between areas. And when the program fills all the space reserved for objects, then it will give the correct warning: “it's time to parse the desktop” :)
It was not for nothing that I called this point a “hypothetical solution”, since only the idea of the program is described here. I hope that this idea is not enchanting nonsense and will interest programmers from Habr to get a real embodiment.
Convenient to you work on the computer :)
No wonder the “desktop” is called the desktop — for most of users this is the main interface window in graphical mode. We launch applications from the desktop, and here we usually place the files we often work with.
However, you can get carried away, and then the "desktop" turns into a "glove box". If we draw an analogy with a real desktop, then a mess is when we cannot find all kinds of papers in a heap, but there is no time (or maybe desire) to figure it out.
How does it happen:
Obviously, this is inconvenient! For comfortable work, order is often necessary. And this order needs to be organized.
The real solution: a special picture
I have the following groups of documents on my desktop: shortcuts for accessing frequently used folders, “temporary files” that are waiting for their use, a couple of shortcuts for games, as well as files and music that I download from the network directly to the desktop (so that later make out :). When everything is on the heap, it looks unaesthetic, and it’s difficult to work. Therefore, I decided, by analogy with a real office desk, where there are places for the main types of documents, to make “shelves” directly in the picture.
Here's what I got: But this is not the best solution - after all, you need to edit the picture yourself, drag the icons. And what will happen if there are more icons than the area drawn under them? Too much handmade and troubles.
Hypothetical solution: special program
And why do we need to manually organize the desktop, if you can get a routine for the computer?
Suppose that there is a special program that is designed to organize the order on the desktop. The program (with user prompts) creates several areas, as in the screenshot, which automatically change size depending on the number of objects. The user can determine the position of the area on the desktop, and possibly set a size limit.
But the most remarkable thing is if the program could sort objects based on the given parameters. For example, if a shortcut is placed on the desktop, it is automatically placed in the shortcut area. Which, in turn, can be two - shortcuts for folders and shortcuts for applications. Accordingly, if firefox downloads are placed on the desktop, the program detects them and places them in the download area. If the program cannot determine where to place the object, then it throws it into the free area.
The user, of course, can drag and drop objects between areas. And when the program fills all the space reserved for objects, then it will give the correct warning: “it's time to parse the desktop” :)
It was not for nothing that I called this point a “hypothetical solution”, since only the idea of the program is described here. I hope that this idea is not enchanting nonsense and will interest programmers from Habr to get a real embodiment.
Convenient to you work on the computer :)