Launchpad Preferential Treatment?

[Nuckinfuts]

Anyone else notice that all Apple applications that get install (iLife n' such) get defaulted to the first page of Launchpad, where as Chrome/Adobe CS5/MS Office, get defaulted to the second page even if the first one isn't full

Those Sly dogs

 

[Dany M]

I don't know why I would use launch pad over the applications folder in the dock I have or using spotlight. Honestly...is it JUST to iOS apps?

 

[Nuckinfuts]

I don't know why I would use launch pad over the applications folder in the dock I have or using spotlight. Honestly...is it JUST to iOS apps?

It works well for keeping a select list of apps to see, whereas the applications folder on the dock has Everything.

 

[Miloh]

I've found it useful to find that app i don't use often enough to warrant a spot on the dock.

Even then Spotlight is quicker on the draw. But Launchpad's utility is aimed more toward the average joe user.

 

[Patrick J]

I've found it useful to find that app i don't use often enough to warrant a spot on the dock.

Even then Spotlight is quicker on the draw. But Launchpad's utility is aimed more toward the average joe user.

When I'm rambling around the internet I don't usually have my hands on the keyboard, so then launchpad is quicker.

 

[ugp]

I find LaunchPad needs a lot of tweaking before I will use it. It shows every little App in the Application Folder including Uninstaller's for CS5. There should be a way to hide an Application if you want. There seems to be no customization at all.

 

[Nuckinfuts]

I find LaunchPad needs a lot of tweaking before I will use it. It shows every little App in the Application Folder including Uninstaller's for CS5. There should be a way to hide an Application if you want. There seems to be no customization at all.

I totally agree, A LaunchPad Manager would be a godsend. It would also be nice if it just use the finder layout for first user like the Applications Stack did for like the directories n' such

 

[lomby]

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I don't see the problem with the preferential layout in launchpad considering you are running an apple computer. U can even change them around if u like

 

[mrgraff]

I find LaunchPad needs a lot of tweaking before I will use it. It shows every little App in the Application Folder including Uninstaller's for CS5. There should be a way to hide an Application if you want. There seems to be no customization at all.

There's some customization. I dragged all of my unwanted icons onto each other to create folders. I named the folders things like "Adobe other" "uninstallers" "Rarely Used", and then dragged them to the end of the folders list.

 

[ugp]

On a 27" iMac it is a lot of dragging around on the screen to get everything situated though. I don't see LaunchPad on a big iMac or Mac Pro with 30" being very useful.

 

[BlaqkAudio]

I find LaunchPad needs a lot of tweaking before I will use it. It shows every little App in the Application Folder including Uninstaller's for CS5. There should be a way to hide an Application if you want. There seems to be no customization at all.

From what I've read, you used to be able to remove apps from Launchpad, but they removed that capability for some reason (in DP4 if I remember correctly).

 

[Nielsenius]

From what I've read, you used to be able to remove apps from Launchpad, but they removed that capability for some reason (in DP4 if I remember correctly).

I don't think that removing icons was a feature. Rather, it was a glitch. As I recall, the protocol for removing an icon was somewhat cryptic. If it was, in fact, a built in feature, then it was poorly implemented.