Re: Proposed module: gnome-main-menu

[Ian Davey <unapersson linuxmail org>]

Rodney Dawes wrote:
> Perhaps we should also look at how people use the places menu, and why
> they find it so necessary to have. Personally, I never use the places
> menu, as it doesn't fit how I use my computer. I am not sure that any
> of the larger market of users would either. It seems like a hacker
> feature to me.
>   
Here's an example use case. I've got a 1000+ collection of fiction I've 
been cataloguing using a combination of Alexandria and LibraryThing. I 
scan the book covers where I need to and have got the covers folder in 
my places menu. This means that.

1. When I scan a book cover using GIMP/Xsane I can access the covers 
folder with a single double click in the GTK file dialog.
2. When I want to upload the cover file to LibraryThing I also have that 
same quick method of access.

It really does make a difference having these short cut folders 
available, especially when this is a long term project I've been working 
on a bit at a time. The advantage being it gives you a way to cut 
through the folder hierarchy and lift some folders up to the top, 
without cluttering your home directory with symlinks.

I also have a high level src folder in places, for untaring source 
tarballs, a music folder at the root of my ogg vorbis files. It's useful 
enough that I too had to give up using the gnome-main-menu applet 
because of it lacking this. I did try as I liked some of the 
functionality but without that it made things more difficult.

So really the useful combination for me is the places menu + places 
appearing in GTK file dialogs.

ian.