Re: Menubar (and Empty Default Desktop) Proposals for GNOME 2.10

[Nigel Tao <nigel tao myrealbox com>]

> 1) Tool driven: [Applications]
> 2) Spatially-oriented: [Places]
>       Home
>       Computer [== root + desktop + media + network]
>       ---------
>       Floppy
>       [other expandable media inserted here]
>       ---------
>       Network =>
>       The Web

"The Web" as a place - I presume that that would open the default
browser to the default home page.  Interesting idea...

>       ---------
>       Recent Places =>
>       Favorite Places =>
>       ---------
>       Find a Place
> 3) Verb-driven: [Actions]
>      Surf the Internet
>      Check E-Mail
>      Listen to Music
>      Watch a Movie
>      ----------------
>      Draft a Document
>      Create a Spreadsheet
>      Edit Images
>      ... [this middle section would be difficult to
> manage]

To me, this middle section looks a lot like the Applications menu to
start with.  "Create a Spreadsheet" is equivalent to Office ->
Spreadsheet.


>      ----------------
>       Find Help
>       Change Desktop Settings
>       Change Administrative Setting [this would be
> greyed out if you don't have administrative
> privileges]
>       ---------------
>       Log out/Reboot/Shutdown


Other posts in this thread mentioned that the "Actions" menu was badly
named and seemed more like a miscellaneous catch-all.

How about another proposal - just Applications and Places.  Or, in other
words, "Things to Do, Places to See".  Or, in other other words, "task-
centric, document-centric".

Applications Menu:
Browse the Web
E-mail
Play Music
Manage Photos
------------
Accessories ->
Games ->
Graphics ->
Internet ->
etc. (the current Apps menu)
------------
Preferences ->
Administrative Settings ->
(configuration stuff that distros like Ubuntu and NLD put in System nee
Actions)
Run Application...
------------
Help
------------
Lock Screen
Log Out
(these two aren't really applications, but then again, "Quit" is in the
File menu of most programs, and that isn't really related to files).

Places Menu:
Home
Desktop
Computer
Network
------------
Floppy
CD-ROM
etc.
------------
file bookmark 1
file bookmark 2
etc.
------------
Recent Documents ->
Search for Files...
File Browser


Nigel.