[viraptor]

I think that by linear he means there's only one way to get there - that exact sequence. You cannot get there via a custom bookmark, or from another application that somehow links to the book, or by having many instances open with different books and by app switching.

That said - I don't know if that's true, but that's how I understood him. This way it kind of makes sense to complain about linear approach. Can anyone confirm?

[tptacek]

Since he's talking about the app browser interface exclusively, and not accounting for the degrees of freedom in the applications themselves, it's hard to take the critique too seriously.

[jcromartie]

Even if it's what he was saying, the OS supports custom URL schemas for just this purpose. I used custom URLs to jump to records in our app from other places in the system. Granted, it's not a quick keystroke or an on-screen quick-launch bar, but it works.

[adamkmiec]

And it requires you to build it into the app.

[jsz0]

You can search and open different things with spotlight.

[adamkmiec]

Yes, you can...when it works.