Re: Mockups + idea..

[Kai Wetzel <k wetzel welfen-netz com>]

Ric Klaren wrote:
[...]
> One could take this a little step further... bring in some more GNOME
> stuff. This is something that is used in the old atari ST GEM/MiNT
> userinterface. Under the application menu one would have the stuff as in
> mockup2 together with a list of all the currently open (GNOME)
> applications. Which you could use to bring the selected app to focus. To
> illustrate:
> 
> <foot/prog/app/application/tmfkap-menu> ;)
> +-----------------+
> | Preferences...  |
> +-----------------+
> | About           |
> | Help            |
> +-----------------+
> | Electric Eyes   |
> | Balsa           |
> +-----------------+
> | Quit            |
> +-----------------+

Now this is innovative !  I'd suggest to go for
About Help | Prefs, though (just other order)

Also, how about having a section w/ services provided by
other tools which are useful in this context, such as:
|
+---
| Make Screenshot...
| Progress Inspector
| Recorder
+----
|
or so ?

[...]
> 'Program/Application' concept of the
> first menu, but hey things are still under discussion here :)

Well, I don't think having a "Session"/Application menu
is self-contradictiory or inconsistent, but maybe I'm missing
something.

Ideally, KDE, LIP, fOX apps could use this menu as well,
just replace the "shameless plug"-icon by the resp.
environment's counterpart.

> One thing about the preferences entry... where would 'Save preferences'
> wind up (if it's present of course)?
> 
> +----------------------+
> | Preferences...       |
> | Save Preferences...  |
> +----------------------+
> .                      .
> 
> Or have a save button in the Preferences dialog box? (Last is better I think)

Yes, a button.

kai