Submission details
[Suggestion] Add "Cloud" view mode - icon size depends on popularity
Inspired by this submission:
http://www.windows7taskforce.com/view/1539
What I'd like to see is a view mode (in addition to the current icons, tiles, details, list etc) that would dynamically resize each icon based on its popularity (ie. number of times clicked). This basic idea is the same as a tag cloud:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_cloud
The Start Menu already tracks your most recently used shortcuts (apparently incorporating the popularity of the program as well, to some extent), so extending that feature to be systemwide shouldn't be too difficult.
This has myriad uses. You could use it in Windows Explorer, making documents you open most often larger and thus easier to target. You could use it on the desktop, making your most popular shortcuts larger. It could be incorporated into other programs, like Media Player and Media Center (resize album art based on number of times played), as well as 3rd party products.
And, lest someone misunderstand, this would in no way be mandatory. It needn't even be the default mode. But it'd be user-settable for each individual folder, if they so desire.
See screenshot for a rough mockup.
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Discussion (32 comments)
There are more important things to do I think.
Yes, there is.
Windows is not a blog, nor a website. Tag clouds work better on there as its just text.
Explain something, what if you have over 100 icons that are tag? 25-35% maybe even 50% are "large", you'll see this idea is pointless then
if you nerver experience of use linux-gonme, you can't to realize...........
but, I can see ***MAYBE*** how this may work in windows live somehow.....
@ fuchueh
Enough with your if you nerver experience of use linux-gonme, you can't to realize.........
"i can't to realize" ?? WTF?
@Chris: obviously this wouldn't work in folders with a large number of files - the icons would either be too small, or you'd have to scroll around. But for those folders, you'd use the Details or List view.
The large and extra large icons views are also pointless in such a situation, but that doesn't mean they're not useful in other cases.
As for better things to do, I think we should let Microsoft be the judge of that.
Still, RedSign is correct. I don't think everyone wants windows to be like a blog. its an OS
Again,
If anyone wan't see the Windiows OS made great progress,
or wan't see new function is yourself unneeded.
Please use an older version of Windiows OS. you will don't see it. OK?
Dude, enough.
Oh come on. In what way does that turn Windows into a blog? Just because it uses a way of displaying files that's similar to the way blogs display tags?
Okay, here's another analogy for you. Maps also use larger text size to display more important locations. So why couldn't Windows use larger icons to display more important items (ie. the ones you use most often)?
Don't you want Windows to be able to make use of the big, pretty icons it includes, and its ability to dynamically resize them?
Because Windows is not a map :p
Think of this, will this benefit the majority of windows users? It seems jump lists do this already.
Yes, Jump Lists do this sort of thing already. just use them
demoted
wtach 00:23 desktop icons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM6HXoa0Lgk
We already have Arrange By Date Modified, so I'm good
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The votes say everything so I think you have to live with it. Everyone here has the right to demote and no one should be blamed for that.
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waste of programmer's time :P
"The votes say everything so I think you have to live with it. Everyone here has the right to demote and no one should be blamed for that."
You're mistaking me for someone who attacks people for demoting ideas.
I'm simply trying to explain my idea to others, so there's no need to get defensive.
The votes also say that there are people who like this idea.
As for Jump Lists, they're application-specific, this isn't, so they have slightly different usage scenarios.
No thanks, the idea may work for tags and other social applications it does not work in a solo environment with ones own files.
My documents is not a social application!
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I don't get why everyone's acting like they'd be forced to use this...
It adds complexity without any benefits.
You want the feature then implement a third-party extension.
Not going to vote up or down. I think it is a nifty idea, might be worth pursuing.
Wouldn't add it as a native Windows feature, though. I'd leave this for a third-party to develop.
lamers,
this will not influence original 'View' function.
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Indrek
Try explaining it in the post in the first place, but the screenshot says it all, and many dont want such a thing.
3rd party apps sound ideal,
Don't want, or don't need? There's a difference.
.Chris you should STOP correcting and laughing of people's grammar, you also have a lot of grammar errors and we don't bother you.
Still like it :) Although I hate Windows' behavior that it does increas size of icons to whatever 512x512 but does not enlarge the labels.
.Chris, there you go with you "calm down" followed by your hypocrisy.
*Shakes head*
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Lol and he continues. xD
kids.....
Ensign Joe wrote on February 27, 2009, 4:03pm
Nice mockup, brilliant idea!