Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 11:56:22AM -0500, Owen Taylor wrote:
> > There's a pretty high bar for changing this - you'd invalidate a lot
> > of user experience, a lot of existing documentation/search results on
> > the internet. Is there really a significantly more meaningful word to
> > refer to "windows and workspaces and applications"?
>
> Yeah, I'm afraid there isn't one. On the right side of the bar, we have a
> drop down arrow rather than words; why not something other than words on the
> left side as well?
When we recently did user testing on the shell, it was like the
testers didn't really see "Activities", and it would often be the last
thing that they tried in the top bar.
My theory is that this is because it's a label - it doesn't attract
your attention in the same way a simple shape. I also wonder whether
it's to do with the fact that "Activities" is more of a past-tense
noun rather than a call to action ("start", "launch", etc).
So I'm interested in using an icon and think it's something we could
explore (and hopefully test). The challenge right now is the height of
the panel and what kind of icon could comfortably fit into that space.
Going down the icon route might require other changes...
Allan
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