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On 12/18/2009 04:56 PM, Samuel Arthur Wright Illingworth wrote:
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type="cite">Reducing the number of key clicks isn't a gain if it means
you have a much bigger list to look through. You can't measure
usability purely in number of clicks, or having the categorized menu
would never have been an improvement in the first place.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2009/12/18 Sriram Ramkrishna <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div class="im">2009/12/18 Mark Curtis <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div>Well perhaps it would be best to tackle the individual
issues...
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I've linked to previous threads on my main issue with GNOME Shell
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Danté Ashton who started this particular discussion has an issue with:<br>
"...the user, [having] to perform three extra clicks just to do what
it takes me one to do now?"<br>
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Денис Черемисов was less descriptive in their issue(s) though.<br>
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Precisely why I took him to task. Back on topic:<br>
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In the old method, it would take me 3 clicks to launch an application:<br>
Applications->section->App<br>
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so that is three clicks.<br>
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In gnome-shell method, we have:<br>
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* 1 click for common used apps<br>
* 2 clicks for any other apps<br>
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I don't consider going to the overview mode as a click. But if you
did, it would still be 2 or 3 clicks which is equivalent to the old
method.<br>
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Initially there was categories for the apps, but was changed to a flat
scheme which reduced the number of key clicks.<br>
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sri <br>
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That doesn't mean that more clicks means it's more usable, though. In
Gnome-Shell, if I want to launch an application that isn't on my
recently opened applications list, I have a lot more clicks than before.<br>
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1. Open Activities (arguably this can be triggered without a click,
though)<br>
2. Click "Browse" on the Applications section.<br>
3. Click on the category I want.<br>
4. Sift through a page or two (why the pages!?) to find the application
I'm looking for.<br>
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This is not intuitive, takes forever (especially considering the <i>speed</i>
it opens the menus), and is at least twice as confusing as the method
present in the current Gnome stable release.<br>
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Also, I only have two clicks to open an application as I am now.<br>
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1. Open the applications menu.<br>
2. Highlight the mouse over a menu and when it pops up (you don't need
to click it, just like in Windows), click the app you want to open.<br>
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There are lots of users that can make use of workspaces, but you
shouldn't force them to use them.<br>
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