Presentation and notes about Menu in Gnome 2.0

[Alex Krychek <krychek2 teleline es>]

Hi all,

	I'm new in this list. I'm Sergio, from Spain. I hope can help to improve 
this great software.

	I have written comments about the Menu Proposal. Hope you can understand my 
english, and hope you find my comments usefull. Here is:


1.- GREAT idea the names like Web Browser - Mozilla. It is very simple for 
the user look for a email client (i.e.) and for the medium user look for a 
application (Evolution).

2.- The novice user don't know de word "Multimedia". It is better say 
"Images", "Sound" and "Video" (three menus), and the posibly icons for each 
menu are more descriptive that an icon for "Multimedia". I suggest that 
distribution:
	- Sound
		- CD Player
		- Recorder (Sound Recorder repeats the word "sound")
		- Volume
	- Image
		- Editor (GIMP)
		- Viewer
	- Video
		- A Player?
		- A Composer?

It is redundant say Sound - Sound Recorder, or Image - Image Viewer. The user 
know that in the Sound menu there are apliccations for sound. It is much 
clean.

3.- The menu Productivity is strange. It is much clear "Office". This menu 
may contain:
	- Office
		- Calendar (Evolution)
		- Time Tracking Tool
		- Finance Manager (Gnucash)
		- Calculator
		- Dictionary
		- Letter writer

When the user want to work in is "Office", it can un-link this menu from the 
main menu, and then all apps needed remains grouped.
 
4.- The unlink option is great. But a small bar on top of the menu isn't 
clear. A icon placed on the menu tittle (the very first item, over the 
separator) at the right, is a better solution. When you unlink a menu, the 
user can think that the menu have dissapeared from the main menu. When the 
menu is unlinked, the title of the menú must have a left-aligned icon that 
indicate "re-link this menu to the main menu" (maybe arrows?).

5.- The menu's rightclick menu (that is, the menu that appear when you right 
click in the menu or a item) must have the option "Add item to this menu...", 
"Remove item..." and "Properties" in a separate group.

6.- A menu must have an option to convert the menu into a "cajón" (I don't 
know the english translation of that: a icon that display a small vertical 
panel when clicked located in the panel).

7.- The foot icon and the actions MUST be inside a 3D button. Buttons tell 
the user "Click me".

8.- The actions menu must be inside the main menu. If not, the panel get very 
populated (two mains buttons) and will be inclear for the usr. The user that 
want the actions menu directly in the panel, can click the icon explained in 
comment #6.


So, my sugestion for the panel are:

Foot inside 3D Button
(small space)
Web browser
E-Mail
Files (NOT "home", "user home" or similar. This is very confusing for the 
novice).
Terminal
Help


And the main menu:
Applications
	- Internet
		- Web browser (Mozilla)
		- E-mail (Evolution)
	- Sound
		- CD Player
		- Recorder
		- Volume
	- Image
		- Editor (GIMP)
		- Viewer
	- Video
		- A Player?
		- A Composer?
	- Office
		- Calendar (Evolution)
		- Time Tracking Tool
		- Finance Manager (Gnucash)
		- Calculator
		- Dictionary
	- Development tools
		- Text file editor
		- Interface Designer (Glade)
		- Binary/Hexidecimal File Editor
		- Memory Leak Detector
	- Games
		- (have not touched)
	- System
		- Terminal
		- X Terminal
		- System Information
		- System Monitor
		- Performance Plotter
		- File System Usage
		- System Log Viewer
		- User Listing

Files
Actions
	- Run...
	- Search
	- Shut Down computer
	- Restart computer
	- Exit Gnome
	- Lock Display
	
Run...
	- Run...
	- (separator)
	- 1st program last used
	- 2nd program last used
	- ...
Help
Shut Down computer

That's all.