On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 11:38:59AM +0200, Florent Rougon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SCNR... > > Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Frank> That turns out not to be the case. If I use an app frequently, then it > Frank> goes on the toolbar. The menu is for finding infrequently used apps. > For > Frank> a lot of users, browsing the menu is how they find out what's > available. > > Mike> IIRC, gnome is going to switch to gnome-main-menu. There is a reason for > Mike> this. > > [...] > > Frank> I haven't watched the whole video (it being boring to me), but from the > Frank> reading I still don't understand which of my statements you want to > Frank> contradict, let alone why. > > Seems very clear to me: it has been almost a decade now since the GNOME > project tries hard to get rid of every feature that makes their software > more usable (I'm speaking here about real usability, not about > eye-candy). > > Witness: > - usable completion in the File Open dialog -> gone > - customizable keyboard shortcuts in apps[1] -> gone
Both are due to gtk, not gnome. > And now, a usable menu listing available applications is going to be > replaced by a "thing" where you have to find your casually-used app in a > 300-entries unstructered list after clicking on "More applications..." > (exactly as the "Open With..." in MS Windows works, no wonder where they > got the idea). > > So, yes, there *is* a reason GNOME is going to switch to > gnome-main-menu: the previous menu still had a little remainder of > (real) usability. > > > [1] No, don't tell me that it is a simple matter of adding > "gtk-can-change-accels=1" to ~/.gtkrc-2.0. This simply *does* > *not* *work*. For instance, even with this, you have to go hunt > for the specific option in Gimp's Preferences menu before you can > at last add your own keyboard shortcuts. Ugh. Gimp is not a gnome application. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
