Re: Novell Start menu [was Re: [Usability] Thoughts on GNOME and DTP]

[Evandro Fernandes Giovanini <efgiovanini gmail com>]

Em Dom, 2006-03-26 �21:51 +0200, BJ�Lindqvist escreveu:
> > There was no consensus on whether to make it the default in 2.16 or
> > not. As the code is not yet available in GNOME CVS, reaching a consensus
> > is a bit difficult to do. The design is not meant to copy the XP start
> > menu. It is based on several iterations of usability testing on real
> > users in our lab. The discussion on desktop-devel-list was less about
> > the actual applet, and more about the fact that it was not openly
> > developed in GNOME cvs. I am sure a real discussion about whether to
> > include it in the gnome-panel package and make it the default, will
> > come soon enough. Until then, it is folly for someone uninvolved in the
> > development of the applet or the discussion for whether to include it,
> > to claim that it is highly unlikely to become the default.
> 
> IF Novell develops an, at the moment, closed source start menu

Unreleased != closed source.

Cheers,
Evandro