Re: [Usability] add to panel usability problem

[Andre Schaefer <a schaefer uni-duisburg de>]

Iain * wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:01:11 -0700 (PDT), Linux Power
> <powerpc5 yahoo com> wrote:
>
> > The new add to panel has too many launcher/applets.
> >
> > http://www.gnome.org/~davyd/gnome-2-8/images/gnome-panel-add-applet.png
> >
> > And this is going to increase in future. Is it
> > possible to categorize them according to their use :
> > Amusement, Networking, System, Laptop...Miscellaneous.
>
>
> The reason this wasn't done was that the categories were essentially
> meaningless and arbitrary. They didn't add anything except actually
> hiding the applets.

Idea: why not have categories (an applet may fit into many) and a left 
hand side filter, like with the epiphany bookmarks?

One can see all applets or only the ones fitting into a category.

* André