On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 18:28 +0800, Allan Caeg wrote: > Conventions in Windows and OS X are evolving (see the ribbon interface > and app buttons on Office, Paint, etc.) while the Linux desktop is > limited (probably) because we can't make new things work everywhere > (different window managers, desktop environments, etc.). > > > What do we do about this? People involved in the Windicators project > (I'm not) may know something that could help.
Short to mid term: define and evaluate desired changes and make it happen for those applications and environments that really matter. Likely huge problem with finding consensus across GNOME, KDE and leading distros. Side note: while getting rid of menu bars might be cool for a browser or file manager, it's hard to imagine for something like Inkscape, GIMP or Ardour. Ideal long term solution: Have applications (or modules) define their commands and options in a more abstract way. With enough weighting and relational information that a framework can build menus or ribbons or whatever else might come up. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ usability mailing list usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
