Re: Panel UI - startmenu productivity thoughts

[Ben Ford <ben kalifornia com>]

Dominik 'Aeneas' Schnitzer wrote:

>Hi!
>
>(Gnome Panel, Start Menu)
>
>Currently the Panel Folders ("Games", "Utilities", ect.) just are here
>to structure the Gnome start menu.
>
>It would be very cool to give the Folders "gnome-launcher-ability" too -
>namely by connecting the most recently/often started program in a folder
>with the folder entry in the start menu.
>
>erm :-), I tried to illustrate this on
>http://www.schnitzer.at/dominik/gnome/qstart.jpg 
>
>So -- if a user moves the mouse in the startmenu over say the "Internet"
>folder, the Internet Folder contents opens and in addition to now, the
>most recently/often started application is automatically selected or
>highlighted too.
>If the user now wants to launch exactly this (highlighted) most
>recently/often application, he just has to click on the "Internet"
>folder and doesn't have to search/select and click it as usual. If the
>user likes to start another app, it's buissines as usual.
>
>
>I think this way to improve startmenu-productivity is better than the
>Windows XP/2000 Idea of hiding unused programs and could proove as quite
>practical.
>
>I guess it would need some more thoughts to implement it The Right Way
>(TM), but if you think it's ok I could try a patch.
>
>best,
>domi.
>


I like that idea.  You could also extend it so that a double click on 
the foot button would start the last used application.

-b

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