Talk:Comparison of application launchers

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Contents 1 Docks? 2 Removing entries 3 xterm? 4 Requested move 5 Missing comparison points

[edit] Docks?

Shouldn't the various (Mac/Windows/*nix) docks be on the comparison table?

many of them are. if you notice one missing, feel free to add it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 (talk) 19:57, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removing entries

I remember in some other software comparison pages, application/entries with no corresponding wiki page will be removed. Perhaps we should do the same here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.186.168.133 (talk) 00:40, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] xterm?

Including xterm is actually funny. If we include that, however, we should also include mouse and keyboard drivers, not to mention BIOSes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.196.140 (talk) 22:57, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't have said it exactly like that, but including xterm seems a bit bogus... Why not konsole and GNOME/XFCE terminal? Has xterm a special feature to launch easilly application after pressing some keys? (Or a console launched like in some First Person Shooter games?). I'm rather in favor of creating a new section under the array, explaining that virtual terminal are an easy way to launch application too (in particular with autocompetion). W7a (talk) 12:27, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

No, xterm does not (it can spawn additional copies of itself). konsole/gnome-terminal have a web-browser tie-in, but it's generally regarded as a nuisance (noting that there are of course enthusiasts who insist the feature is essential ;-). The application launcher is a broader topic than that. Deferring the issue to "virtual terminal" will probably devolve further to command-line shells leading to a different level of bias (citing "bash" as the only instance) Tedickey (talk) 14:09, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Support. I'm for it, some of the launchers listed here can be used to launch one app after another, but you have to use modifier keys, so clearly it's not their intended use. Besides, it sounds better and is more correct from a grammatical point of view. --Lashiec (talk) 20:21, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Support for grammatical reasons --Lox (t,c) 16:51, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Comment the page was moved to Comparison of application launchers --Lox (t,c) 10:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing comparison points

The most important points are missing:

- Supports launching programs only or documents too?
- Shows multiple launch options at once or only one?
- Uses history? (i. e. if you have programs aaa and abb and acc and you have launched abb recently, then "a" will make abb appear as the first launch option) --Jan 89.14.144.9 (talk) 15:31, 18 March 2008 (UTC)