On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:48 PM, supernova <supernova...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Mailing List, I'm testing HUD with libreoffice. > > I think that this app has a limit: it speeds up the work of a person > that previously has known menus as they are now. > Imagine a child that is born a few ours ago. In 5 years he will use > Ubuntu of course. He will have to insert Schroedinger equation in a > paper; so he will push the ALT key and write "equation". HUD now (not > in five years) will answer TOOLS>LANGUAGE>HYPHENATION, instead of > INSERT>OBJECT>FORMULA... > > If he didn't use a standard menù, he will be in trouble. Imagine the > same child at 8 yo, using Anjuta... > > Where am I wrong, if I am?
You're wrong in your assumption that HUD is meant to replace traditional menus. If it aims to replace anything, it is short cuts, it seems to me. Currently, in most programs, you can only access the most basic features via shortcuts: copy, cut, paste, save, etc... Once you get beyond those, the short cuts become arcane and hard to memorize, if they even exist. In LibreOffice, there is no shortcut to get to Insert>Object>Formula. The first time that you need to insert an equation, you'll most likely do so with the traditional menus. The next time, you're likely to remember that the menu option was titled "Formula," but was that under "Edit" or "Tools" or "Insert?" With HUD, you just type the first few letters and there you go. -- Andrew Starr-Bochicchio Ubuntu Developer <https://launchpad.net/~andrewsomething> Debian Maintainer <http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=a.starr.b%40gmail.com> PGP/GPG Key ID: D53FDCB1 -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
