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Jul 15 2006 on content An interesting gnome menu/interface |
Exactly right. It is totally different from both Windows and KDE's menus because it is non-hierachical.
I think most users will seldomly use more than 4-10 applications and they can put those into the main menu.
If you look at it like that, a hierachical menu with categories is a wast of time for _most_ of the time.
Categories are good when you're actually looking for the right app to perform a job but aren't exactly sure which app that is. When you know which app you want it is a bit of a strain to go back and have to to remember in which category this app resides.
Also in another respect this new menu can work pretty well: When you need to use an application that isn't in the main menu and that you need to open the 'application browser' for, you're likely to need to use it several times consecutively because you're probably trying to perform a task that seldomly needs to be performed.
In such a case, this application will appear under the 'recently used' applications in the main menu after you've started it for the first time. So you actually won't have to open the application browser all-too-often, I think.
All in all this seems quite ergonomic to me.
Another advantage for 'lazy' users is that - although exactly that has been criticized above - you've got it all in one place. All the really common important info and tasks start in the main menu: Whether you want to know how much free disk space there is, whether you want to install an application or want to access the system settings, the icon is present in the main menu. No need to remember where you find these things, always the mouse just goes to the right-bottom-corner.
That is not any breakthrough or new idea it simply is quite well-thought-out.
It obviously looked more to Apple than to Windows for its inspiration.
Together with Gimme-bar the best idea for starting apps that I've seen lately. |
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