On 4 September 2011 01:43, Xavier Cho <fender_ru...@yahoo.co.kr> wrote: > Most of all, I think Gnome 3 requires too much user interaction when > navigating in the program menu. In the days of global application menu, when > you need to launch an application all you need to do was 1) click on the > panel menu icon, 2) and navigate by hovering your mouse over the categories, > 3) then click on the application. All it needed was 2 clicks and minimal > mouse movement. > However in Gnome 3, you need first 1) move your mouse to the upper left > corner of the screen, 2) and click on the programs menu, 3) wait couple of > seconds (especially when you click it for the first time), 4) move your > mouse to the opposite end of the screen to click through the application > categories, 5) and again move your mouse pointer to where the application > is, 6) and finally click on the icon to launch it. > In summary, now it requires 3 + number of categories clicks and much more > mouse traversal to lauch an application, which I feel a setback in terms of > user experience compared to Gnome 1&2.
Devil's advocate. It is possible to launch apps without any mouse clicks. Press the Windows key (or whatever you like to call the thing) to open Activities. Type a few letters, (optionally use the arrow keys), and press Enter to launch the app. Jeremy Bicha _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list