Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (528 mails)

[Alberto Passalacqua <alberto.passalacqua@xxxxxx>]

Thanks Christian.
As I already said to you I think there are a lot of good and interesting
ideas in your mockups.
I like the idea of the integrated app-browser and control centre a lot.
Plus, the more I look to the simplified menu the more I like it :-)

I put the link to the discussion which went on on
opensuse-gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx between you and me:

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-gnome/2007-05/msg00013.html

Regards,
Alberto

Il giorno lun, 07/05/2007 alle 22.38 +0200, Christian Jäger ha scritto:
> The main-menu has grown quite large meanwhile and contains lots of 'dead
> space' IMHO. My father, for example, wasn't able to locate the
> logout-button... Big Board is not the way to go (I hope).
> 
> So, I'd thought the menu could perhaps use some slimming-down. It could
> be done by re-organizing the layout to provide better overview - while
> not compromising functionality too much. 
> 
> Unfortunately I have nothing to contribute but these thoughts and
> mockups:
> 
> Mocked-up slimmer gnome-main-menu:
> http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/8469/cleangnomemainmenumockuzv9.png
> 
> 
> There's two ways to reduce the current menu's complexity: Omitting
> unneccessary items and arranging the remaing ones 'smarter'.
> 
> 1. Removing unneccessary space-stealers
> 
> - Lock screen (who needs this?)
> - whole-width search-field on top
> 
> 2. Re-grouping items
> 
> - Install software goes into the 'applications'-tab where users need it.
> - Control-center becomes a tab of its own, called 'System'.
> - Connection and HD-status go into the System-tab 
> 
> 
> This leaves us with few, but important menu items on the right-hand bar:
> 'Help' and 'Logout'.
> 
> As shrinking the 'Search'-menu has gained us space, these find a place
> in the top-bar of the menu, next to the search-field.
> 
> You have already realized that I couldn't resist mocking up an
> integrated control-center and application-browser:
> http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/8961/appbrowsermockup3io4.png
> http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1451/controlcentermockup3dw9.png
> 
> It would also be terrific if 'search' would act as a filter, or better:
> a search, on the category shown, if the user doesn't hit the return-key.
> 
> I hope you don't find mockups too bothersome; especially coming from a
> non-coder.
> 
> Yours,
> Chris


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