Changing K menu

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 14 May 2008 17:57:36 Kishore wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 May 2008 21:21:08 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > I think it's best left alone for a bit so that people can get used to
> > > it. Anything new always feels a bit strange. The click forwards so as
> > > to speak makes sense but I was surprised a hover didn't work on the
> > > back.
> >
> > Personally I hate the click forward.  I suppose eventually we'll get to
> > remember where to find things, but hovering over a pop-up is much faster
> > when you need to browse for something.  You can't use the search, either,
> > if you don't know the name of what you seek.  This is very
> > user-unfriendly, IMO.
>
> Apparently, kickoff was designed after several usability tests. Sometimes
> usability turns out to be counterintuitive but its hard to satisfy all.
> However, i have read about alternate approaches being considered for kde4
> including the use of the breadcrumbs widget in the menu.
>
> Personaly, i rarely use the menu the few that i use are in the favourites
> menu (interestingly konsole was'nt there!) but i mostly use the run dialog
> these days.

I tend to have task-bar links for the most-used apps, and would use run for 
others.  The problem comes when you need a package for a purpose and don't 
know what's on offer :-)

Anne
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