Re: [Usability]UI Review Suggestions - Panel & [Usability]some stuff for the ui-review of the gnome-panel

[MArk Finlay <linuxexpert eircom net>]

> I second this. I think the present GNOME Menu is too rich and should be
> spread on the Menu Panel. Moreover, consider that often distributions
> add the whole GNOME Menu to their custom menu structure: take Mandrake
> Linux 9.0, f.i., you end with a very crammed main menu, including all
> kind of applications and stuff, which also includes the complete GNOME
> Menu. I think this is very confusing for the average user (sorry
> Frederic :) : two different menu structures, duplicate entries,
> preferences scattered in three different places, etc. Defining a
> sensible top level menu structure would encourage distros in following
> the same scheme. Perhaps it would help to add a Preferences menu where
> could live general purpose and distro specific config tools.

yeah, and dont get me started on redhat - there's preferences, Server
Settings, System Settings and System Tools, all scattered in the
Applications menu - the whole thing looks like a windows start menu
*shudder*

I think that we need to give the distributions a great framework with
applications and settings clearly sepporated.

Also, read seth's comments on the bug:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92719

Unfortunatly there is no shortage of ideas on this. And i think that
there are very few people who want desktop preferences to last for very
much longer. 

What we need is to make a decision on the the menu structure we want. It
will obviously all be for gnome 2.4, but IMHO we should start working on
this the second the 2.4 branches are cut, but there is nothing stoping
us deciding what we want sooner than that.

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