On Wednesday 14 May 2008 17:57:36 Kishore wrote: > On Wednesday 14 May 2008 21:21:08 Anne Wilson wrote: > > > I think it's best left alone for a bit so that people can get used to > > > it. Anything new always feels a bit strange. The click forwards so as > > > to speak makes sense but I was surprised a hover didn't work on the > > > back. > > > > Personally I hate the click forward. I suppose eventually we'll get to > > remember where to find things, but hovering over a pop-up is much faster > > when you need to browse for something. You can't use the search, either, > > if you don't know the name of what you seek. This is very > > user-unfriendly, IMO. > > Apparently, kickoff was designed after several usability tests. Sometimes > usability turns out to be counterintuitive but its hard to satisfy all. > However, i have read about alternate approaches being considered for kde4 > including the use of the breadcrumbs widget in the menu. > > Personaly, i rarely use the menu the few that i use are in the favourites > menu (interestingly konsole was'nt there!) but i mostly use the run dialog > these days. I tend to have task-bar links for the most-used apps, and would use run for others. The problem comes when you need a package for a purpose and don't know what's on offer :-) Anne
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