Forwarding to the Gnome Shell mailing list. On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Calum Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 5 Nov 2008, at 10:57, Matthew McGowan wrote: > > My main menu mockup, i believe, offers more functionality than existing >> main menus... though i guess it is similar to the Novells Slab menu and >> Vista's Start menu(?). It would provide a single location for browsing >> applications, friends/contacts, places, deskbar-like search, document >> history, logout options and system preferences & administration. >> > > Caveat: I haven't looked at your prototype yet (any chance you could just > throw up a screenshot or two somewhere?) There's a screenshot in the archive. > > > But my usual reaction to these "all-in-one" menus is "why do I need an > all-in-one menu"? Many of the categories you've listed above > (apps/docs/places, friends/contacts, system preferences, logout options) > aren't fundamentally related, so why try to shoehorn them all into the same > small bit of screen real-estate? It's a lot easier to use than 5 different clutteres menus shoved all over the place. If it's done right, it can look a lot cleaner. > > > Cheeri, > Calum. > > -- > CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GNOME Desktop Team > http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 > > Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > -Natan
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