Re: Proposed module: gnome-main-menu

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On Jan 10, 2007, at 2:24 AM, Jamie McCracken wrote:
> David Prieto wrote:
> ...
> > BTW are you saying that gnome-main-menu has deskbar integration? If I
> > open it and type "gai", will it offer me to open Gaim, and then place 
> > it under the recently used apps?
>
> it does not integrate deskbar and nor should it - the search should 
> only be for applications (IE .desktop files)
>
> deskbar should remain an applet that provides a much richer "search
> everything" type of component (which is why it rocks!)
> ...

If an OS has two globally-accessible search fields by default, which 
search different sets of information, people will frequently go "argh" 
after entering their search in the wrong field.

Conversely, if an OS has two globally accessible search fields by 
default, which search identical sets of information, people will 
frequently go "ummmmmm" as they try to decide which one is closest to 
the cursor.

In other words, either the main menu should subsume Deskbar, or it 
should not have a search field at all.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
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