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Re: HUD design ideas

 

Hi Marco, how would the breadcrumb (Level 1 > Level 2 > Level 3) work?

Best, chr


On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Marco Kirchberger
<marco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> Hi,
> yes I absolutely agree with you that is for 12.04 to radical but in
> generally with HUD you have the possibility.
> I think it is important that the users have both possibilities. HUD
> command search and traditional menu (only a other view).
> I created a small picture how I imagine this.
> http://ubuntuone.com/51SemFRa4xFWiWEuwRzx9W
> Sorry for the bad quality but I'm no gimp genius.
>
> regards,
> BlueCase
>
>
> Am 25.01.2012 16:37, schrieb Jo-Erlend Schinstad:
>
> Den 25. jan. 2012 16:03, skrev Marco Kirchberger:
>
> 1. Remove the whole menu from the Top Bar and replace it with a button.
>
>
> That would be way too radical for 12.04. That won't happen, or at least I
> hope so. The last thing we need now, is large and sudden changes. What we
> need now, is for new options to be added, for people to try it out, talk
> about them and then we see what works. Only when we know that things work
> in real life, should it be used by default and things should not be removed
> at the same time as something new is added, unless it is absolutely
> necessary because of a conflict. And in those cases, it shouldn't be done
> in a hurry.
>
> In fact, though I love the HUD as an idea, I'm not sure I'd recommend that
> it be used by default in 12.04. 2-3 months isn't that much time to test a
> radical new idea, and pushing poorly tested, highly visible things in an
> LTS is a gamble.
>
> I like your ideas, and I think it would be better to wait until 12.10 to
> add it by default. By then it should be well tested and it could have a
> more complete feature set. Of course, the decision is not mine, but that's
> how I feel about it. :)
>
> Jo-Erlend Schinstad
>
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