Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-gnome (75 mails)

[Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@xxxxxxx>]

Vincent Untz wrote:
> Hey,
>
> What do people think about setting
> /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons to FALSE by default?
>
> I'm trying this, and while a few things needs some changes (panel menus,
> mainly), I believe it makes the interface feel more stream-lined. So
> this might be something we could consider for 11.2...

Well, no.

But I guess I could live just with icons, at least in my favorite
applications and main menu (I do that for toolbars).

Seriously, there are several ways how human brain locates items.
Different people can have a significantly different time of recognition
depending on way they have to locate it. It is more than a personal
preference and it's not easy to change. That is why the default should
be sufficient for everybody.


Text recognition:

Use verbs while searching. Read and understand text very fast.
Verbally oriented people would like text menu.


Image recognition:

Use images while searching. Quickly recognize images and symbols.
Visually oriented people would like icons.


Topological recognition:

Remember position of item. Quickly find it in a correct order.
Topologically oriented people want the item in the same place it was
last time.


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Best Regards / S pozdravem,

Stanislav Brabec
software developer
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