kde-quality Digest, Vol 24, Issue 19

[Loren Dias]

>"On the other hand, it might take up to much space on the menu.
>
>It would be nice if other's could comment on the idea of a *Recently
>Installed Apps* section within Kmenu."

Honestly I think the entire Menu needs an absolute makeover or just needs to
be destroyed, when you click on it there is WAY too much stuff,

(Anyone used Knoppix live DVD?)

I dissupport there being a "recently installed applications" area in the
menu because I personally only think that it will complicate the problems
that already exist rather than solve the ones of there being "bloatware".
However, many individuals like the idea, which is exactly why I support
there being "extensions", or "addons" just as there are in Enlightenment
DR17 and Firefox.

It would be nice~Although a windows idea~to hide un-used apps or sections in
the bloated menu which I feel could greatly increase the user's ability to
get to the applications that they want to use rather than be bombarded with
a million options (strange that this sounds like popups).

I am a firm supporter of the new Plasma Environment and I firmly believe in
the idea of having

"Launch", "Communicate", "System"
http://vladoboss.softver.org.mk/mg2/index.php?id=44

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Launch could consist of only the Applications (No shutdown, stop session or
any of that), Just "Development", "Games", "Internet", "Multimedia",
"Office"

And even better than this, underneath each Blue backgrounded folder there
could be the three top used applications from that folder, this would allow
high quantities of software to be installed, but allow the user to to bypass
waisting time looking for their application that they want to use,

(Oh, and yes I immagine it would be seperated into two or three columns)

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Communicate could consist the bookmarks, contacts, and contacts that are
currently on AIM, MSN, YIM, ICQ, IRC...etc (built into the menu) while also
connecting this information to Kontact

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System could only bee shown for certain classifications of users,

This could include "Control Center" (newly designed), and highly usable,
along with a System Utilities menu that includes all the Utilities that do
not belong in the Control Center (however few they be), also inside this
menu would be "Install"

And the logon/logoff buttons would be next to the clock and have their own
buttons you can easily access

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Anyways, this is my vision of how the new Environment should be layed out
and feel

    ~ Loren
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