Chicago95 – Windows 95 Theme for Linux

Re:Chicago95 – Windows 95 Theme for Linux by lelanthran on Monday July 31, 2023 @03:20AM (#36939662)

> People who argue that you should just type into a search bar 100% of the time to find and launch apps are naíve. First of all, unless you have a trivial number of applications, it's absurd to expect everyone to remember the name of every program on his computer. Oh gee, what was that SD-card-formatting utility again? I don't know, but hey in two clicks I'm in my Utils folder and there it is.

Maybe you should relook at this again; they don't work like that anymore - you don't need to remember "Brasero" when searching for a CD burning tool, the menu items all have a description field which is also searched.

So for your specific example, all you'd need to do is search for "SD Card", even if the name does not have the text "SD" or "Card" in it.

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Re:Chicago95 – Windows 95 Theme for Linux by adrian_b on Monday July 31, 2023 @06:42AM (#36940796)

Typing something like "SD Card" takes too much time in comparison with launching an application from a hierarchical menu using less key presses (or mouse movements/clicks).

In most cases, when you have to type something longer than "SD Card", the difference in launching speed is even greater.

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Re:Chicago95 – Windows 95 Theme for Linux by ShadowBanThis01 on Monday July 31, 2023 @06:50AM (#36940847)

Thanks for the info. I don't use Windows anymore, but people make the same argument on Mac; I don't see any description field there, and searches can fail even when you use a word contained in the program title.

Even if such a field is 100% accurately and adequately populated for every application (which I doubt), I don't want to invoke a text-based search and have to start typing a query.

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