On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 20:46 +1300, Glynn Foster wrote: > Hi, > > Steve Frécinaux wrote: > > Martin Ejdestig wrote: > >> On Fri, 2006-10-20 at 13:11 -0400, Rodney Dawes wrote: > >>> The menu thing looks like the Mac menu, but doesn't > >>> behave anything like the real thing does on Mac OS. > >> And the slab thing looks like Windows' start menu but doesn't behave > >> anything like the "real thing" on Windows. Or did I miss something? :) > > > > Note that I'm not using MacOS, nor am I using Windows. > > > > I'm perfectly fine with the current "gnome-y" menu applet and don't want > > to see it replaced, that's all. > > I don't have a huge desire for change either. > > We seem to change the menu layout in pretty much every GNOME minor release > that > we've created. That's churn every 6 months. What makes you think that slab is > any better? How long has it soaked in a Novell release?
I've just tried using slab for a couple of days. It's very nice looking, but I don't think it provides anything more than what we have already. Its search feature ties into Beagle (we have Deskbar), it has NetworkManager support (we a tray applet), and its menu system leaves a lot to be desired. If the application you want is a "favourite" (of which there can only be so many), it's great. But when you want to administer your system, or run a different application, it's rather a different story, and you have to open up a clumsy program that then stays in memory for the rest of the session. Furthermore, it doesn't have the lovely "Places" system. Until the "more applications" problem is sorted out, I don't think it should be the default, as it would be a step backwards in terms of usability. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
