Custom Tabs: Not just for CD Workspaces anymore
July 30, 2009
MitchCardwell over at the Central Desktop Forum just gave me a great idea: You can use the custom tabs for static searches.
If you have a search you perform regularly, say for tasks which contain the phrase “widget orders” in the NY Regional workspace, but don’t actually feel like navigating to the NY Regional workspace, navigating to tasks and looking around for widget orders, you can use the advanced search dialogue to create just about any search parameters you’d like, then use the returned URL as the link in your custom tab.
This is also a great opportunity to use on-demand drag-n-drop zones, too. This method will be a lot easier to “push” out to other users than some of the previous methods I had employed.
It doesn’t have to just be CD searches and drag-n-drop zones, either. You can use a Google search, the link for the weather report for your region or you could even use the URL for the Facebook search of that ex-girlfriend’s name that you’re hoping to find on Facebook (assuming you are using Central Desktop for a very organized exercise in cyber-stalking.)
If you have any non-workspace uses for custom tabs you want to share, leave them in the comments.
