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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Improving the Application-Starting Process
From:       Alistair Davidson <lord_inh () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2002-06-08 20:03:39
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Irwin wrote:
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> On June 8, 2002 05:27 am, Michael Hofer wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > Am Donnerstag, 6. Juni 2002 06:02 schrieb Irwin:
> > > We're not really on a quest to "improve the K-Menu".  What we're REALLY
> > > trying to do is to make it easier to find and start applications.
> >
> > [Application Sorting on the Panel]
> >
> > > Small version:
> > > http://yetta.net/~arcana/kde/kofficemenu1.png
> >
> > I somehow like this idea. There could be 5 or 6 main-groups (task groups)
> > and maybe one group "Other Tasks" for things which don't belong to the
> > main-groups. The task-text (eg "Use the Internet") could be implemented as
> > a tooltip.
> > If our aim is a task-oriented-menu with way fewer entries then know - why
> > do we need a KMenu for holding the task-groups? If the groups were directly
> > on the panel everything would be one level (mouse-click) closer to the
> > user.
> 
> I think 5-6 task groups on the panel is too much.  Instead, they should be
> used sparingly for applications that are useful: not useful enough to have
> their own button, but important enough to be readily available and
> accessible.
> 
> I volunteer, for default Panel buttons:
> 
> Applications Menu, Console, Text Editor, File Manager, Web Browser, E-Mail
> Client, MP3/CD Player, and a Submenu for Office Applications.
> 
> After the taskbar, I'd put a link to KControl as well.

8 is an awful lot unless we have some sort of divider to group the
buttons by type. Also, console and text editor are really just geek
tools, I would expect anyone who needs to use the console knows how to
add it to the Panel by themselves.

-- 
Al
"the Old has never hesitated to make use of the foulest and cruelest
means to stay the advent of the New" -- Emma Goldman

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