Results tagged “digital life” from Missing Manuals Blog

Problem:
By the time I die I'll have lost some serious chunk of my life waiting for programs to launch. What's the hold up?

Missing Feature:
This one may sound silly or frivolous, but it's no joke. Have you ever counted how long you wait each time you launch, say, Photoshop Elements or Excel? For those of us chained to our computers 8+ hours per day, those 20 or 30 seconds can add up. My advice to the next-generation operating system engineers in Cupertino and Redmond: come up with some way for programs to start instantaneously. I'd even accept (reasonable) restrictions on the number of applications I could keep open simultaneously.

Problem:
Long lists of text-only search results don't give me enough information. I want an easy way to preview results before I pick the one(s) to click.

Missing Feature:
Inspired by Mac OS X Leopard's use of Cover Flow in the Finder: wouldn't it be cool to see Google search results displayed Cover Flow-style in the Safari web browser? That is, each result would get its own Cover Flow page and you'd see the actual page itself, not just the text summary blurb (extra credit: have the page appear with the search terms highlighted).