Re: RE: Overview menu

[Bob Hazard <linuxoflondon googlemail com>]

Ouch, sed/it's/its/g

2009/10/28 Bob CFC <linuxoflondon googlemail com>:
> How about Zoom instead of Activities?  Apart from being a more
> attractive word it implies something to do/investigate for a new user,
> where activities could be misconstrued as a label for the window title
> on it's right.
>
> 2009/10/28 Pablo Marchant <pamarca gmail com>:
>> I also think that having the word "Activities" on your top left corner all
>> the time is unnecesary. It only wastes space, that perhaps could be used on
>> other stuff. I don't think it would even help a newcomer to understand what
>> it does...An icon would be much more attractive in that place.
>> Cheers!
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:16 AM, <mickstephenson googlemail com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On , Shane Nuessler <Shane Nuessler canberra edu au> wrote:
>>> > Hi Jon,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > For what it's worth I agree with you. I'm glad that the option is open
>>> >
>>> > for a better name. It seems like a small thing but it's the only visible
>>> >
>>> > entry to all this wonderful development and in some way should reflect
>>> >
>>> > the beauty of the gnome-shell. I love using Gnome hence my thoughts.
>>> >
>>> > Perhaps a button naming contest could be launched...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Anyway, that's all.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> >
>>> > From: William Jon McCann [mailto:william jon mccann gmail com]
>>> >
>>> > Sent: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 11:35 AM
>>> >
>>> > To: Shane Nuessler
>>> >
>>> > Cc: gnome-shell-list gnome org
>>> >
>>> > Subject: Re: Overview menu
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Shane Nuessler
>>> >
>>> > Shane Nuessler canberra edu au> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Thanks Jon,
>>> >
>>> > > I'm not trying to be painful, but if this has come up a few times (and
>>> >
>>> > > gnome-shell isn't exactly wide spread yet), won't it come up quite a
>>> >
>>> > few
>>> >
>>> > > more times? An FAQ is fine, but if something as central as that button
>>> >
>>> > > needs an FAQ, perhaps it could be reviewed now while you can?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > This is the kind of stuff that needs real data rather than speculation
>>> >
>>> > I think.  But my gut says that using Overview is not a better option
>>> >
>>> > since it describes the metaphor but not the content (and why having a
>>> >
>>> > menu labeled "Menu" may not be great either).  Once we get those data
>>> >
>>> > we'll review this decision just like all the rest.  The effort
>>> >
>>> > required to change the label on the button is not large and there is
>>> >
>>> > no risk in deferring the decision until we have more information.
>>> >
>>> > Anyway, that's how I see it.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> >
>>> > Jon
>>> >
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>>>
>>> Regardless of it's name, I don't understand why I need to have
>>> "activities" in the top left hand corner of my screen at all times, prior to
>>> putting my mouse there I don't know what to expect form the word activities,
>>> and after I do I know what it does, descriptive naming does it no favours.
>>> It just needs to be attractive enough and familiar enough to entice people
>>> to put their mouse over it. Wouldn't an attractive icon do that job, as well
>>> as serving as a place for a distro to put it's branding. We know that
>>> windows has dropped the "start" from their menu, so its not exactly
>>> unfamiliar to just hone into the brand icon.
>>>
>>> Michael.
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>>
>>
>>
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