Re: [Usability] Detailed menus

[Daniel Brodie <daniel brodienet com>]

It looks like a really cool idea, but how would the more monsterous
menus look like (System *, Preferences, and even a little the Games
menu)?

On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 12:31 +0100, Iain * wrote:
> I took another deep breath and dived back into the infamous
> gnome-panel/menu.c and came up with this
> http://marlin.sf.net/detailed-menu.png
> 
> I showed a similar copy to some people on IRC and mark suggested I
> send it here to get some of you guys to comment on the usability or
> lack thereof. My original idea was to have the application name and
> then the Generic name as the secondary text, eg
> 
> Epiphany
> (Web Browser)
> 
> Mark's thinking was that it would help first timers find applications
> they want rather than using the tooltips, and I think that lowering
> the intensity of the secondary text makes the menu less cluttered
> looking, but I can understand the usability concerns for this.
> 
> iain
> 
> (And looky Jeff, I even changed my font so you couldn't laugh)
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