Re: All GNOME Shell Developers.

[Bob Hazard <linuxoflondon googlemail com>]

You are not supposed to use the Browse menu for launching imho, it is
for discovery.

If an app is not in my favourites I usually launch it by typing the
first three letters and pressing enter; the search box automatically
has focus when you bring up the overlay.

2009/12/18 Thomas Wood <thos gnome org>:
> On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 17:35 -0600, Ryan Peters wrote:
>
>> Hmm... how about the left side be an applications menu like before,
>> but the top/bottom could maybe contain Recent Documents/Places? In all
>> honesty I wouldn't mind the new application menu so much as long as I
>> didn't have those dreaded pages... the menu's a little larger than it
>> needs to be, too.
>>
>> Sorry if it sounds like I'm mad or trolling at all, I apologize.
>
> I think you've just highlighted the fact that the application menu
> doesn't behave like an ordinary menu. Specifically, it doesn't open
> sub-menus on hover. If it did, then opening an application would still
> only require two clicks:
>
> * activate the overview from the top left corner
> * click the "more applications" item  (click one)
> * hover the category you need
> * click the application  (click two)
>
> If you check the latest gnome-shell, you will notice that the categories
> and pages of the applications menu are now in a single scrollable list,
> although personally I think the menu and category based approach would
> have worked better if the sub-menus had opened on hover.
>
> Regards,
>
> Thomas
>
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