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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: K Menu layout idea
From:       "Eric Ellsworth" <whalesuit () softhome ! net>
Date:       2002-05-30 4:54:09
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Forgot to mention:
This menu is upside down.....  K goes at the bottom (guess that really
depends on the panel)....

> K --->
> L Lock Screen
> o Logout eric
> g -----------
> o Bookmarks Other menus can be turned on in panel config
> | -----------
> | Help
> | Eric's Home Directory
> V Search Ideal: combine web, email, file searching
> -----------
> I Use the Internet
> m Office Work
> g Play Games
> 1 Music and Movies
> V Add More Programs
> -----------
> I XMMS
> m KWord
> g Freecell
> 2 KOrganizer
>
> 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 Recent
Apps
> section.
> The logo is SVG and comes up to Search.
>
> For the submenus:
>
> Use the Internet  ---->
> Web Browser (Konqueror)
> Email (KMail)
> Instant Messenger (KMerlin)
> Try Other Programs
>
> Office Work       ---->
> Open Office (Word Processing)
> KSpread (Spreadsheets)
> KOrganizer (Personal Scheduler)
> Try Other Programs
>
> The other menus work similarly, each with a Try Other Programs item.
>
> "Try Other Programs" launches an dialog:
>
> Use a different program for:
> Category 1
> Category 2
> Category 3
> Add a program to the list
>
> For each category, we'd have a list of programs of this type.
>
> So for the Use Internet Menu the dialog would say:
>
> Use a different program for:
> Web Browser
> Email
> Instant Messenger
> Add a program to the list
>
> When you chose a particular category, you're presented with the list of
> programs known to be in this category, and of course (Others), which
launches
> either a file dialog to browser the filesystem, or a master list of apps,
> compiled from RPM or apt-get or whatever.  This app is then registered
into
> the category web browser.
>
> When you choose "Add a program to the list", there will be a
> non-progress-blocking prompt that asks you to categorize the app you've
> added.  This a category list with the app listed in this category.  "Add a
> program to the list" would also include functionality to add a submenu,
which
> (optionally?) contains a "Try Other Programs" entry.
>
> The benefits of this setup:
> a) it's now obvious how to add programs to the menu.
> b) the default menu-changing behavior is not to simply add news apps, but
to
> exchange the ones that are there for a new one.
> c) this lets the distros highlight the whatever app/category they want to,
> but still gives the user a consistent way to evaluate new apps.
> d) the initial classification scheme doesn't matter so much (see point c),
> because the user can easily change both the apps and the classification,
> without having to go through and reclassify everything.
>
> 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.
>
> Allright, just give me a couple minutes to put on my flame-proof suit here
> ;-).....  Whaddya think?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Eric
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