Re: All GNOME Shell Developers.

[Ryan Peters <sloshy45 sbcglobal net>]

On 12/18/2009 05:46 PM, Thomas Wood wrote:
> 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
>
>
>    
I have just installed the latest build (silly me, I forgot to check it 
before my rant :P). Currently it's broken for me, but I'll try it again 
another day.