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by ernestoperez 1796 days ago
End user here. I spend many happy hours creating Word documents. When I use a menu, I tend to use New, and then use one of my templates. I like the way it works in that it shows the last templates I have used. I would prefer if it kept track of the templates I use the most and presented them in that order.

It would be really cool if it could read my mind and knew that on Saturday mornings I normally create two specific types of document.

One of the old versions of Mac operating system (System 7 or 8?) used to have templates on the desktop. I seem to remember I just double clicked on them and it created an empty document with a the selected template. I liked that a lot.

Eventually, I have just bound a function key in Word to creating two of the types of document I use most regularly.

I have been using Emacs with deft to write text notes for some time now. I like the idea of just pressing enter and having a new empty text document. I don't have to worry about the name or where to save it.

It would be fantastic if I did not have to think about where to file documents, create the folders and move them there, and the system magically created virtual folders with content it thought should go there.