On Friday 16 May 2008 14:32:32 Francisco Borges wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. > > I could not agree more. > > As you mentioned in another email. I also only rely on the k-menu when > I don't know which program would solve my problems. > > [...] > > Perhaps you should take a look at these links: > > Reasoning behind the new menu (see the slides on the first link) > http://en.opensuse.org/Kickoff "Another opinion was that starting your every-day applications not found on the panel was both too complicated and required too many mouse clicks." Since my 10 most-used apps were always listed at the top of the menu, it took just one click. How many people need more than 10 (plus any on the taskbar)? Occasional multi-level forays are not much of a problem. Then they talk of a "scientific study". "The sample for the study consisted of 30 participants (19 male and 11 female). The mean age of the participants was 33.23 years (rms = 7.0 years). The participants were either recruited students or employees from various companies. To ensure a balanced sample, the participants were distributed by gender, age and experitise to the different conditions:" A study of 30 participants, and coming from similar backgrounds, does not qualify as a "scientific study". I'm a little out of touch, since I've been retired for a few years, but I seem to recall that the sample should be in excess of 1000 and from as wide a background as possible for it to have much significance. > http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/kde-4-some-reasons-for-design-deci >sions/ > Interesting reading. > An alternative to kicker: > http://www.raptor-menu.org > Yes, I'll certainly look more at that, thanks. Anne
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