Only testing can really determine what is the appropriate setup. I'm particularly a fan of the title of the window showing up on the bar. Mostly because, I'm not really looking at it. I'm too focused on the window I'm currently looking at it. With the window title colored that's all the hint I need. Plus every other OS is doing this so the user should be properly trained for that visual cue.
Sorry, I thought we were talking about the "Activities" button not the window titles. Perhaps in that case an icon is sufficient. I'm all for not having it at all. But for Activities I might probably replace with "Menu". Most people know what that means, they'll search for something that looks like a menu given a blank screen. sri On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Mark Curtis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also all the talk of saved space is of course, WIDTH, not height. I've > already have a few very long Windows titles from browsing the web that end > up shifting over the clock since there wasn't enough room (though maybe > that's more an issue to call for truncating) > "If you used an icon it leaves too much to interpretation on what that icon > means." Well that's what starting this thread, the word "activities" leaves > too much to interpretation as well. > Windows "Start" button is a poor analogy as it has been absent since Vista > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:36:43 -0700 > Subject: Re: Overview menu > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > > Well whether you have an icon or not, you're still using 25-48 pixels > (whatever it is I don't remember) height so it's not that much saved space. > Plus, when a new user starts using the system "Activities" will probably > alert them as a good place to start since it's the only word in the whole > desktop. This is similar to the "Start" button used in Windows. If you > used an icon it leaves too much to interpretation on what that icon means. > > sri > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Mark Curtis <[email protected]>wrote: > > Since the prospect of saved space seems to be ignored, here is another > reason. I think having an icon would better differentiate the button that > activates the overlay from the part showing the currently active > application. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:44:14 +0100 > Subject: RE: Overview menu > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Hi all, > > I fully agree with Pablo Marchant, Michael, (and others), that an > attractive icon would be a much better choice than a word like: Activities > or Menu or Start or Overview or Whatever. > Even a prominent and big icon uses less space then a word. If there is only > 1 top-panel like GNOME-Shell has we need to be very conservative about what > we do with the free space. > > In my opinion the GNOME "feet" looks very good, we just need to create a > nice version witch we can use for several years as button to enter the > "Activities" menu. And distro's can replace the "feet" with their icon if > they want to. > > Just my 2 cents, :) > Kind regards, > > > 2009/10/28 Bob CFC <[email protected]>: > > How about Zoom instead of Activities? ?Apart from being a more > > attractive word it implies something to do/investigate for a new user, > > where activities could be misconstrued as a label for the window title > > on it's right. > > > > 2009/10/28 Pablo Marchant <[email protected]>: > >> I also think that having the word "Activities" on your top left corner > all > >> the time is unnecesary. It only wastes space, that perhaps could be used > on > >> other stuff. I don't think it would even help a newcomer to understand > what > >> it does...An icon would be much more attractive in that place. > >> Cheers! > > >>> Regardless of it's name, I don't understand why I need to have > >>> "activities" in the top left hand corner of my screen at all times, > prior to > >>> putting my mouse there I don't know what to expect form the word > activities, > >>> and after I do I know what it does, descriptive naming does it no > favours. > >>> It just needs to be attractive enough and familiar enough to entice > people > >>> to put their mouse over it. Wouldn't an attractive icon do that job, as > well > >>> as serving as a place for a distro to put it's branding. We know that > >>> windows has dropped the "start" from their menu, so its not exactly > >>> unfamiliar to just hone into the brand icon. > >>> > >>> Michael. > > -- > Bart Broeckx > Willekensmolenstraat 83/7 > 3500 Hasselt > 0476/66.20.80 > > ------------------------------ > Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn > more.<http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen1:102009> > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > ------------------------------ > Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn > more.<http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen1:102009> > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > >
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