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From: Ian McCall on 23 Jun 2010 03:04 Ok, so I'm really getting on with the multitasking and that's fine (though Spotify you laggards, where's my background-playing update?). There is, however, one Windows'ism that's really annoying me: can't move icons on the task bar. Several of my apps logically group together. When running them, I'm more likely to switch between these ones than others, consequently I want to pick them up and move them to the front of the list. Lack of ability to do that in XP drives me mad, and it's driving me mad in iOS 4. Cheers, Ian
From: Jochem Huhmann on 23 Jun 2010 05:21 Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> writes: > Ok, so I'm really getting on with the multitasking and that's fine > (though Spotify you laggards, where's my background-playing update?). > There is, however, one Windows'ism that's really annoying me: can't move > icons on the task bar. > > Several of my apps logically group together. When running them, I'm more > likely to switch between these ones than others, consequently I want to > pick them up and move them to the front of the list. Lack of ability to > do that in XP drives me mad, and it's driving me mad in iOS 4. AFAIK the apps are ordered according to which was launched most recently. Allowing you to move them around there would wreck that. But you can just put the apps you use most into the Dock or onto the first home screen and switch to them from there. You don't *have* to use that "task bar", it's only a convenient way to find the most recently launched apps... Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From: Ian McCall on 23 Jun 2010 14:05 Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> wrote: > > AFAIK the apps are ordered according to which was launched most > recently. Allowing you to move them around there would wreck that. But wrecking that is precisely what I want to do. It's a good enough default, but it should allow me to rearrange as I wish. > > But you can just put the apps you use most into the Dock or onto the > first > home screen and switch to them from there. You don't *have* to use > that > "task bar", it's only a convenient way to find the most recently > launched apps... Again, it's the launched apps I'm specifically looking to manage: my home page us already arranged the way I'd like. Cheers, Ian
From: zoara on 23 Jun 2010 18:00 Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > Ok, so I'm really getting on with the multitasking and that's fine > (though Spotify you laggards, where's my background-playing update?). > There is, however, one Windows'ism that's really annoying me: can't > move > icons on the task bar. > > Several of my apps logically group together. When running them, I'm > more > likely to switch between these ones than others, consequently I want > to > pick them up and move them to the front of the list. Lack of ability > to > do that in XP drives me mad, and it's driving me mad in iOS 4. It seems to me that the way this is referred to as the multitasking thing by many people is quite a misnomer. It's just a "most recently used" list. Given that, couldn't you just open the app to move it to the front, then go back to what you were doing? It's not a proper rearrange, but I think Apple are implementing their 80/20 rule; most people would understand "most recently used first" and would have no desire to rearrange that list. It's annoying, but it seems more of an Apple-ism than a Windows-ism to me. Omitted by design rather than just not having been thought of. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Ian McCall on 23 Jun 2010 19:18
On 2010-06-23 23:00:12 +0100, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> said: > It seems to me that the way this is referred to as the multitasking > thing by many people is quite a misnomer. It's just a "most recently > used" list. > > Given that, couldn't you just open the app to move it to the front, then > go back to what you were doing? ..... You see, that's what I mean. Classic Windows'ism - I work around the interface, not the interface around me. Yes, I could do exactly as you suggest and it would work. But it's clumsy, it means I need to think about how the machine will work not the machine thinking about how I will work. > It's not a proper rearrange, but I think > Apple are implementing their 80/20 rule; most people would understand > "most recently used first" and would have no desire to rearrange that > list. As I said, sensible default but no reason why not to pick it up and alter it afterwards. > It's annoying, but it seems more of an Apple-ism than a Windows-ism to > me. Omitted by design rather than just not having been thought of. I honestly doubt it, but if you're right and it has been - well then, I completely disagree with their design and can back it up with many years of XP taskbar frustration. Cheers, Ian |