Re: Proposal: gnome-main-menu for inclusion in GNOME 2.18

[Rodney Dawes <dobey novell com>]

On Fri, 2006-10-20 at 15:07 -0300, Evandro Fernandes Giovanini wrote:
> Em Sex, 2006-10-20 �13:30 -0400, Rodney Dawes escreveu:
> > > Looks really nice though.  And congratulations and thank you for not
> > > using submenus.
> > 
> > While we've avoided using submenus for the time being, I think they may
> > be necessary to solve some of the usability issues that exist with the
> > design. One thing I don't like about using the app browser, is that it
> > requires me to open a separate program, browse, then open an app. If I
> > want to open more than one application at some point, and they aren't in
> > my favorite or recent apps, I have to repeat this much slower process
> > multiple times to get to the apps. Having "More Applications" pop up a
> > menu which has the structure of the normal programs menu, would be more
> > useful I think.
> > 
> 
> You could turn the Search bar into a Run bar when the Shift key is held,
> so that "Enter" does a search and "Shift+Enter" runs the command. 

That could be doable, but doesn't help if I don't know what the command
to run is.

> Also, the "More Applications" button could have a drop-down next to it,
> like the "New" button in Evolution's toolbar. The button would still
> launch the application-browser, and the dropdown would show a regular
> menu.

I was thinking more of having "More Applications" be a menu with stuff
from overflow, and an "All Applications" which brings up the browser.

Regardless, the final result will be based on iterative design and user
testing. 

-- dobey