2010/5/21 Mark Shuttleworth
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In Unity, we won't put Empathy in the launcher initially. We'll just
have the messaging menu, where you would launch it. But if you want it
in the launcher, you can put it there yourself. So the initial position
is not inconsistent - it only becomes slightly inconsistent if the user
wants to have direct access to Empathy in the launcher.
Thank you Mark. But the issue is that there are multiple places to launch programs, in general, because some programs are in messaging menu and others are in the the GNOME Application menu (I'm talking about GNOME, not Unity, but issue is similar).
But this is a minor issue.
I know there is a reason: communication software are in messaging menu because its function.
This is logical, even if to have two menus to launch programs (in general) is slightly strange and user may not understand why.
Yes, this is an interesting situation. We're aware of it, and open to
ideas and suggestions for how to resolve it. The current plan is to let
the Me Menu mature a little further (giving you more control over the
presence of multiple applications) and the Messaging Menu bake a bit
(fixing bugs and growing the number of apps that use it). Then we'll
consider shaking it up.
Mark
Well, thank you.
Alex Launi wrote:
Maybe the two should be adjacent in the panel, so
although they are two indicators, it's very easy to get from one to the
other, and they appear more related.
This is a good idea.
Part of
the discomfort is the presence of calendar between the two menu. There is indicator-full applet that can help to solve.