Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

2010-06-24 Thread Florian Bruhin
I personally don't see what the problem is with having the distribution branding (i.e. the ubuntu logo) linked to the application menu. *Applications* are what's important about an operating system, it's the main reason you *use* an operating system (or even your computer), i.e. it would be complet

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

2010-06-24 Thread Karl Goetz
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:51:34 +0800 Allan Caeg wrote: > Thanks for the Feedback, Karl. Thanks for the discussion :) A healthy dose of "IMO" is applied to all statements below (but I suspect you all knew that). > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Karl Goetz wrote: > > > > > applet. Branding is j

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

2010-06-24 Thread Karl Goetz
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:51:34 +0800 Allan Caeg wrote: > Thanks for the Feedback, Karl. Sorry, another comment which just came to mind. > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Karl Goetz wrote: > > > > > applet. Branding is just that important for a default GNOME setup. > > > > Who is branding import

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

2010-06-24 Thread Stormy Peters
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Karl Goetz wrote: > > Branding may be very important to distributions, but is it gnomes job to > provide ways for different distributions (operating systems even) to > brand themselves? Don't get me wrong - I'm not trying to advocate gnome > making it hard, but if

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

2010-06-24 Thread Karl Goetz
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:36:59 -0600 Stormy Peters wrote: > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Karl Goetz wrote: > > > > Branding may be very important to distributions, but is it gnomes > > job to provide ways for different distributions (operating systems > > even) to brand themselves? Don't get m

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

2010-06-24 Thread Ian Bentley
I see no problem in removing it, except that in the "main menu" version of the menu, what would go there instead? Just the words "Main Menu" idb On 24 June 2010 10:02, Karl Goetz wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:36:59 -0600 > Stormy Peters wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Karl Goe

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

2010-06-24 Thread Allan Caeg
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Ian Bentley wrote: > I see no problem in removing it, except that in the "main menu" version of > the menu, what would go there instead? Just the words "Main Menu" > > idb Hello Ian, Thanks for this. I just noticed that I referred to the Menu Bar applet as "M

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

2010-06-24 Thread Allan Caeg
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Karl Goetz wrote: > "About gnome" under 'System' is the only place I can see an obvious > gnome reference on my desktop (2.22 provided by Debian). Is there > anything else they can remove? The foot in the corner is what started > this debate after all :) > kk >