Have you seen "Killing Mode Switch"[0]? It wasn't implemented in 3.2 because of time constraints, but it's planned.
http://jimmac.musichall.cz/log/?p=1181 On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Xavier Cho <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, I can admit the overview mode is somewhat more user friendly than > alt-f2. But still, demanding users to use their keyboard to perform such > basic task as launching an application is not the way to achieve user > friendliness. > > To be more precise, I suppose all those methods of launching > applications serve different purpose : > > 1) alt-f2 : enable advanced users to execute some command or launch an > application quickly. > > 2) dockbar : enable users to access their most frequently used > applications. > > 3) overview mode : enable users to search for an application with > keywords. > > 4) program menu : enable users to browse through all the available > applications by categories. > > You cannot replace one method with another, rather they are designed to > complement other methods to enhance user experience. > > My point was, the current implementation of 4) requires its users > unnecessarily cumbersome interactions with their mouse, which could be > fixed by some simple design modifications. > > > 2011-09-04 (일), 19:38 +0300, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak): >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Xavier Cho <[email protected]> wrote: >> > In that case, we can just remove the application menu altogether and let >> > them alt-f2 type commands to launch applications. >> >> Thats not the same thing at all. In case of alt-f2, user has to know >> the exact and complete name of the application. Where as in overview >> mode, she/he just >> types a few letters of either the name of the command or the generic >> name. For example, typing 'mus' in the overview-mode brings-up >> rhythmbox as the only option. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list -- Jasper _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
