Windows 7 features I'd like to see in Linux

[bupkus]

I went directly from Windows XP professional to Windows 7 RC so when I saw I could right click on task bar icons and see both recent and pinned file names I was in love.

When I have work to do for my business I repeatedly use template files and I can find them so easily with Win7 I figured I just had to have this OS. Now it would be time to pay the piper if I wanted it but I'm also wondering what Linux distros are up to now that they have had W7 RC to play with. And don't tell me linux had it all already and that MS's 7 is just a copycat.

 

[Gamingphreek]

I went directly from Windows XP professional to Windows 7 RC so when I saw I could right click on task bar icons and see both recent and pinned file names I was in love.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean.

Are you asking about a recently accessed file list? If so thats just under the places folder in Ubuntu Linux.

 

[bupkus]

What I mean is files recently used by some specific program. Don't you have the Windows 7 RC, dude?

I have hundreds of files in my documents folder. I don't want to search through all those files to find the most recently used files for some specific program.

Also, as I said, I often use templates so I like to pin those so I can quickly find them even if they expire beyond some date for recently used files.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: bupkus
What I mean is files recently used by some specific program. Don't you have the Windows 7 RC, dude?

I have hundreds of files in my documents folder. I don't want to search through all those files to find the most recently used files for some specific program.

Also, as I said, I often use templates so I like to pin those so I can quickly find them even if they expire beyond some date for recently used files.

I'm not sure what you mean either. You've been able to pin things to the Start Menu in Vista since launch and to various Panels and menus in Linux for a long time.

 

[bupkus]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: bupkus
What I mean is files recently used by some specific program. Don't you have the Windows 7 RC, dude?

I have hundreds of files in my documents folder. I don't want to search through all those files to find the most recently used files for some specific program.

Also, as I said, I often use templates so I like to pin those so I can quickly find them even if they expire beyond some date for recently used files.

I'm not sure what you mean either. You've been able to pin things to the Start Menu in Vista since launch and to various Panels and menus in Linux for a long time.

I went directly from Windows XP professional to Windows 7 RC... so no Vista here

...and to various Panels and menus in Linux for a long time.

Does that mean you automatically have data files appearing on a program icon's pop-up menu? Or must you set up each and every file you want to quickly access with that program?

 

[KeypoX]

Originally posted by: bupkus
I went directly from Windows XP professional to Windows 7 RC so when I saw I could right click on task bar icons and see both recent and pinned file names I was in love.

When I have work to do for my business I repeatedly use template files and I can find them so easily with Win7 I figured I just had to have this OS. Now it would be time to pay the piper if I wanted it but I'm also wondering what Linux distros are up to now that they have had W7 RC to play with. And don't tell me linux had it all already and that MS's 7 is just a copycat.

yes jump lists are AWESOME so intuitive, so basic yet so powerful.


there is a thread on bringing jumplists to ubuntu on ubuntuforums

 

[Nothinman]

What I mean is files recently used by some specific program. Don't you have the Windows 7 RC, dude?

I'm pretty sure that only works for a few specific apps like explorer and IE. My other apps just show their current, open windows.

 

[bupkus]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

What I mean is files recently used by some specific program. Don't you have the Windows 7 RC, dude?

I'm pretty sure that only works for a few specific apps like explorer and IE. My other apps just show their current, open windows.

I have icons on my taskbar for both Excel 2007 and Openoffice Calc 3.1 and only Excel has those jump lists. However, I expect that to change in the near future.

 

[Nothinman]

Originally posted by: bupkus

Originally posted by: Nothinman

What I mean is files recently used by some specific program. Don't you have the Windows 7 RC, dude?

I'm pretty sure that only works for a few specific apps like explorer and IE. My other apps just show their current, open windows.

I have icons on my taskbar for both Excel 2007 and Openoffice Calc 3.1 and only Excel has those jump lists. However, I expect that to change in the near future.

Ah yea, it does work for Office too. So apparently the app has to do something to make it work, even if it's just using the standard Windows MRU APIs.

 

[soonerproud]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Ah yea, it does work for Office too. So apparently the app has to do something to make it work, even if it's just using the standard Windows MRU APIs.

If I am not mistaken, Mozilla is planning on adding support to Firefox in a future release for jump list and showing multiple tabs like IE does on the taskbar icon.

 

[KeypoX]

Works with most programs on my laptop here, including kmplayer and foxit reader