Task-based menu (was: Re: [Usability] New way of accessing software)
- From: Reinout van Schouwen <reinout cs vu nl>
- To: Mark Finlay <sisob eircom net>
- Cc: usability gnome org
- Subject: Task-based menu (was: Re: [Usability] New way of accessing software)
- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:50:31 +0200 (CEST)
Hi Mark,
On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Mark Finlay wrote:
> /me loves this idea. I's much better than just fiddling about with the
> applications menu. Application should not be like a desktop environment
> unto themselves.
Well it's not exactly a new idea. Mandrake has been doing this for both
KDE and GNOME (the "what to do" menu) since 9.0. Perhaps we can draw some
inspiration from this (strong / weak points).
> OT: I started wondering if I'd gone mad recently when I decided that
> having a file slector at all is just a workaround for having a broken
> file manager/desktop envornment.
No, you haven't gone mad. Not too surprisingly, mpt has covered this topic
already:*
http://mpt.phrasewise.com/stories/storyReader$374 (point 3).
regards,
* Not in any way intended to sound patronizing... ;-)
--
Reinout van Schouwen Artificial Intelligence student
email: reinout cs vu nl mobile phone: +31-6-44360778
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