Because I vaguely remember that one icon I use every other month, but can't recall the name. The icons are also ordered by installation time, so it's easy to jump to the most recent ones.

I use it rarely, but sometimes I'm happy it's there.

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derefr 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> The icons are also ordered by installation time, so it's easy to jump to the most recent ones.

If I had this need, it wouldn’t even occur to me to solve it with Launchpad; I would just go to /Applications in Finder and sort by “Date Added”. (Which is a non-default column, but a very helpful one, so the series of gestures to enable it for a given folder is almost reflexive to me now.)

	▲	viraptor 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That's: 1 get the menu, 2 Finder, 3 go to applications, 4 View > Show View Options, 5 sort by popup, 6 choose date added, 7 actually look for the app. Compared to: 1 - 4-finger pinch, 2 look for the app.
	▲	oneeyedpigeon 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That only really works if you have a totally flat Applications hierarchy. Even by default, macOS creates a "Utilities" subfolder.

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etempleton 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Exactly this. Most of the time I use spotlight like everyone else.