elementary-dev-community team mailing list archive

[Cassidy James <c@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think that's a great idea... I mean, we talked about it back at UDS-P and
it's just as valid now. Another possible plus side is the potential for
compatibility with GNOME. I know we don't care to cater to GNOME
specifically, but I don't see a problem with making our About items show up
in the right spot in GNOME Shell as well as in our apps' dock items.
On May 29, 2012 1:09 PM, "satchitb@xxxxxxxxx" <satchitb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A superb idea. There's no need to include menus where none are needed,
> especially for simple applications like Eidete. I do think that the context
> menus in the dock can be pruned as well. There's no need for window
> controls in the dock, and some simple menu items could be included without
> making it look too cluttered.
>
> On 29 May 2012 22:26, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hey Guys,
>>
>> When we first did the AppMenu, I think we felt that having only a single
>> menu for an app was being extremely optimistic about it's design. But it
>> seems that even so, some of the apps that have been built for elementary
>> (Switchboard, Eidete, etc) are so contextual and awesome that they don't
>> need an AppMenu at all except for a single item: About.
>>
>> What I'd like to propose is moving "About" into a quicklist item. I think
>> this would make sense because it's About the App not just the current
>> Window, and it would give us a consistent place to put this item (that I'm
>> pretty sure we all want for all of our apps) without requiring
>> yet-another-otherwise-useless-piece-of-UI.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Daniel Foré
>>
>> elementaryos.org
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community
>> Post to     : elementary-dev-community@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community
>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>
>>
>
> --
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community
> Post to     : elementary-dev-community@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>
>