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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: K Menu layout idea
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-05-30 3:27:57
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hi...

i don't have much to say because i don't have much in the way of opinion on 
this topic (except to say that the kmenu needs work...)

On May 29, 2002 08:49 pm, Eric Ellsworth wrote:
> Img1 is an SVG image saying "Programs", scaled to the size of the apps
> section Img2 is an SVG image saying "Recent", scaled to the size of the

internationalization of images is hard and not practical, as i understand 
things. i think you may have to drop this part of your idea.

> "Try Other Programs" launches an dialog:
>
> 	Use a different program for:
> 		Category 1
> 		Category 2
> 		Category 3
> 		Add a program to the list

this is a very neat idea. 

> And of course, the Menu Editor would continue to exist for those that want
> a quick way to overhaul the whole menu, though it would probably need to
> know about categories now.  Likewise when you drop an app on the menu using
> D'n'D, we could work in a way to categorize it.

i wouldn't bother with the menu editor and this style of menu. instead i'd 
suggest simply providing an easy way to switch between the two types of menus 
(current "list everything" mode and this "task oriented, one app per task" 
mode)

> ;-).....  Whaddya think?

one of the challenges with this type of menu is that new applications wouldn't 
show up automatically in the menu. so when someone installs a new piece of 
software they would need to manually change their menu. 

what one could do to solve this is to watch the applnk dirs using kdirwatch 
and whenever a new .desktop file appears pop up a dialog asking the user if 
they would like to add the program as a new entry in their menu or to make it 
the default for a given application type ... 

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Aaron J. Seigo
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