Re: [Usability] A New Start Menu Design, which resemble windows

2008-10-22 Thread Calum Benson
On 22 Oct 2008, at 03:36, Long Gao wrote: The original Gnome start menu have three menu items, and I always found myself puzzled of thinking which menu to click when I want to do something. I thought it not so convenient as windows start menu. Here I have implemented a new start menu by mo

Re: [Usability] A New Start Menu Design, which resemble windows

2008-10-22 Thread Long Gao
In fact, the real reason why I implemented this start menu is to use a widget of GtkWindow to make a start menu more powerful, and I want to demonstrate that many things could be done using a GtkWindow to be a start menu. I wish that a well structured "menu" could provide more functionality. Suse

Re: [Usability] A New Start Menu Design, which resemble windows

2008-10-22 Thread Long Gao
I thought that a good start menu could be judged by such criterion as below: 1. how many clicks your mouse need to perform before you can find a right item to act on. 2. how long a path your mouse have to move before you can find a right item to act on. I thought we could design a better start me

Re: [Usability] A New Start Menu Design, which resemble windows

2008-10-22 Thread Long Gao
screenshots of english versions http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2965022895/in/set-72157608249326794/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2965022899/in/set-72157608249326794/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2965022901/in/set-72157608249326794/ http://www