Re: Main Menu mockup

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 5 Nov 2008, at 10:57, Matthew McGowan wrote:

> My main menu mockup, i believe, offers more functionality than  
> existing main menus... though i guess it is similar to the Novells  
> Slab menu and Vista's Start menu(?).  It would provide a single  
> location for browsing applications, friends/contacts, places,  
> deskbar-like search, document history, logout options and system  
> preferences & administration.

Caveat: I haven't looked at your prototype yet (any chance you could  
just throw up a screenshot or two somewhere?)

But my usual reaction to these "all-in-one" menus is "why do I need an  
all-in-one menu"?  Many of the categories you've listed above (apps/ 
docs/places, friends/contacts, system preferences, logout options)  
aren't fundamentally related, so why try to shoehorn them all into the  
same small bit of screen real-estate?

Cheeri,
Calum.

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