Re: [Usability] Re: Alacarte UI

["Travis Watkins" <alleykat gmail com>]

On 4/26/06, Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org> wrote:
> Allow me to throw in some thoughts. GNOME is more and more moving away
> from strict hierarchies. Examples are Epiphany topics and nautilus tags.
> Alacarte looks a bit "old fashioned" to me because of the strict menu
> structure. What if it had another column with tags per launcher? When
> these tags are entered later in, say, Deskbar or Beagle, then these menu
> items could turn up. Of course, the menu category for a launcher would
> also function as a tag.
>
> Also, I am a bit unconfortable with the checkboxes in the 'Shown' column,
> and the shown and hidden items in a menu being displayed in no particular
> order. It is a very indirect way of editing the menu. My feeling is that
> either a menu item is shown, in which case it should be visible in the
> main pane, or it is not, in which case it should be displayed in a
> separate "Suggested" pane below the other items. A suggested item could
> then be moved to the Shown part, by drag-n-drop, double-click, copy-paste
> or an Add button and vice versa.

*points to [1] and hides*

Seriously though, this is the way the menu works. The idea is to lay
it out exactly how it would show up in the menu, visible or not.
Tagging bumps into the same problem. We have to follow the fd.o menu
spec.

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Travis Watkins
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