Re: [Usability] Mac-style menubar in GNOME

[Steve Frécinaux <nudrema gmail com>]

Joachim Noreiko wrote:

> As the Mac-style menubar is likely to take some time,
> it might be a good idea to look at renaming the "Menu
> Bar" in the interim (or in fact, just *naming* it).

"System menu" is what comes to my mind. I think those terms are used by 
other OSes (since it sounds familiar to me) but I don't know which.

> > I've ever actually *used* that menu, except to get
> > to the hopefully-soon-obsolete "Search for Files"). 
>
> Yes, there is an ugly inconsistency between that and
> Nautilus's built-in search.
> (I do actually use that menu to open nautilus folders
> quickly. But having to click on a bit of desktop first
> to make it available is hardly a great cost.)

I use the places menu *all the time*. Actually I wouldn't mind if there 
was an applet providing only the places menu ;-)
This is especially useful for people that don't display mounts and 
remote places on the desktop.