Re: [Usability]GNOME main menu and panel

[Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 05:05, Seth Nickell wrote:
> > So Ximian is behind the two panel structure. They have
> > to think commercial, so it is strange that they choose
> > this structure. (I know you are not sure about ximian)
> 
> No, its not a conspiracy. To a large extent Nils and I are behind the
> two panel structure, at least in terms of using it for GNOME 2. Ximian
> started using the structure in the 1.x series, and a lot of people liked
> it. We took that into consideration as well as trying to formulate a
> more conceptual "model" (we never actually did the user object model
> that Nils wants, but someday soon :-) for thinking about how the panels
> are used.


Not to mention that it is physically easier (hence less fatiguing) to
move the mouse pointer down a menu than up (as users who use the windows
start menu must).

dave