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I am more disappointed that any dev would use desktop shortcuts...

• wruza 3y ago
  What? Why?
  • mdhb 3y ago
    Agreed, what a bizarre thing to say.
  • wredue 3y ago
    Windows key, then start typing what you want. Of course, on windows, you’ll have to disable bing search for this to be reliable. I still use desktop icons for some things, but the windows key for launching is just much better/easier. Windows key + 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 will also launch / bring to focus the matching icon on your taskbar. I don’t know the Mac equivalents. I believe Gnome and KDE work similarly to windows.
    • wruza 3y ago
      Windows key + 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 will also launch / bring to focus the matching icon on your taskbar Thanks, I didn’t know that!
  • phpisthebest 3y ago
    I never use the desktop, hell for a period of time I used only tiling window managers. I wish windows would have tiling mode. for windows, keyboard shotcuts, hotkeys, and win + search are far far more effective than a bunch of shortcuts on the desktop, I can not remember the last time I even looked at the wallpaper of my system.
    • wruza 3y ago
      FancyZones is a good alternative to tiling on windows. It combines best of both worlds, imo, is very easy to configure, and there’s apparently no tool like that for linux. Also I find clicking on an icon faster than typing, especially when your mind is too busy to recall the exact name but the muscle memory knows where it is, or when the interface of a program assumes using mouse anyway. (Although I have to admit that most of my “desktop icons” are actually start menu tiles.) So while I understand and agree that different workflows exist and you have yours, I still don’t get why you should be disappointed by someone else using another one or having desktop/icons at all.