The real target is consistancy for users, support staff and across
distributions. If anything, a set of guidelines could be developed that
suggest distributors provide a panel with the "start" button on it. I think
the menu panel, at this point, could be something done in addition to a
basic panel, but not be relied upon as the only panel. It would also be
beneficial to recommend that the text of the button NOT be changed or hidden
by distributors. I think it should be a user pref to turn the text off. I
would do it on my panels, but it would be good to know that most of the
users I support aren't likely to do that.