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[Colton Allen <webpope@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the idea of making a feature something you must stumble upon (no
matter how easy) is a poor approach.  Yes there are some things we must
stumble upon and learn but shouldn't we strive to make everything as
obvious as it needs to be without interfering with an overall visual theme?

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Robin Gloster <home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> Am 02.03.2012 16:27, schrieb Colton Allen:
> > I don't have any experience with HUD (upgrade issues :\) but I find
> > this option less taxing on performance and more intuitive in the
> > sense that it can be visually found rather than making the average
> > user discover all the command shortcuts that make ubuntu great.
> > I'm sure this will foster another healthy debate on the mailing
> > list :D
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Vincent Moulin <contact@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:contact@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon an article about Locally
> > Integrated Menus, which I liked better than the Global Menu. (
> > http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/new-locally-integrated-menubar-might.html
> >
> >
> )
> >
> > Also, I was not totally convinced with the HUD, because I think
> > it's less effective for menu exploration. But I definitely thought
> > that being able to search the menus was a great idea.
> >
> > So I made a mockup bringing us the best of both worlds!
> >
> > Feel free to comment!
> >
> > The mockup : http://dropbox.nilux.org/unity/lim-hud-search.png
> >
> > + Editable SVG version :
> > http://dropbox.nilux.org/unity/lim-hud-search.svg
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Vincent 'nilux' Moulin contact@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:contact@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
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> You get a shortcut overview if you hold <Super> so they are pretty
> easy to discover now. At some time you will accidently open the
> display and get interested. I think it took me only about half an hour
> to notice it.
>
> Robin
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