Re: [Ayatana] Start Menu Concept

[Jarlath Reidy <jarlathreidy@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:18 AM, David Hamm <davidthamm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'll match your quote, "This is what I imagine purgatory to be. A vortex of eternal clicking."

with a quote, "imo, id have just applications and recent with a side arrow to expand either, knocking out the places when expanded."

 

Expansion could be good. Detecting when the mouse is near the menu edge and adding more offerings. For speedy usage, I usually like those kind of things to be mundane and predictable though.

so in essence it would by default look like the windows start menu, with a (new recent tab), and an expand tab like gshell. There is no way to show all applications without a scroll bar, or more then one click...

 

Gnome is doing it at the moment. One click to launch the menu, and one more to choose the program. You can even scroll large menus just by putting your mouse arrow at the bottom of the list. You can try this by reducing your monitor resolution  to say 800x600 and using the System->Preferences menu. 

 

thanks for reading guys....

Thanks for the creative idea. I was also thinking that if the "Devices" and "Places" in your mockup were labelled, like they are now in Gnome, it would look more organized. What do you think?