On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:24:18 -0800 Jonathan Marsden <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 02/12/2011 04:32 AM, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset wrote: > > > 2011/2/11 Jonathan Marsden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > For me at least, if everything would be merged into one only sub-menu > > i would know where to do something that normally i won't use every > > day of my normal use of a computer. So, in favor of space > > There is really no "space" issue, since there is one "System" item at > the first level of menus, in either case. > > > and practicity i'm with Julien on this. It would remind me a little > > of XP wich honestly, was good. > > Let's try an example. Time and Date settings. In XP, in a default > install, you need to do > > Start -> Control Panel -> "Date, Time, Language and Regional Options" > -> Change the Date and Time > > Four clicks (with a nasty multi-second delay for the Control Panel app > to appear, on a slow PC with low RAM! Oh, and then you have to close > the Control Panel again when you are done). In Lubuntu, with my > currently proposed menus, you would do > > Bird -> System -> Administration -> Time and Date > > Also four clicks, but no long delay between them, and no "control panel" > needing to be closed afterwards :) > > Also, the original submitter of the bug report for this bug (LP bug > #650432) just commented: > > thank you very much. I have changed the file and I am > perfectly satisfied. I hope this will become the default > for the distribution? > > So he's happy with it as is, it would seem :) > > If Julien wants to change it to remove the submenus, fine, I won't fight > that, it's not that important to me. If someone tells me this is OK as > it is, I'll happily create a bzr branch for lubuntu-default-settings to > be merged. Actually I may do that anyway, and Julien can then either > accept it or reject it. > Not been following this too closely but, I've been thinking about the main menu having tried Fedora LXDE for a while. The Fedora spin seems to have a better arrangement, although they have 'Other > OpenBox Session' as well, which I'd like to see removed from the menu. May be worth looking at the Fedora LXDE Spin for ideas. -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
