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

I'm using ubuntu here at work, and I don't like the way that the default
three section menu looks, and I agree that it doesn't make much sense to put
the logo with applications.  However, I DO like the way that looks and I
think it makes _more_ sense at least, when you use the MainMenu version of
it.

I've attached a photo, so that I can illustrate.  Clicking the distro logo
gives a full "start" type menu, including everything that this GNOME box can
do (at least for the gui user).

That's what I think anyways.
Ian

On 22 June 2010 05:17, Allan Caeg <[email protected]> wrote:

> I believe that branding should be present whenever the GNOME Panel is
> present, but it shouldn't be welded to "Applications" on the Main Menu
> applet. Branding is just that important for a default GNOME setup.
>
> The thing with the Panel is, applets should work in harmony. We should
> consider the behavior, positioning, appearance, etc. of other applets when
> touching one applet. The distro icon should be removed from "Applications,"
> but it should be moved somewhere else (in another position in the applet or
> on another applet). That's just if the Main Menu is being used. If something
> like the SLAB menu replaces it, it's a whole new story.
>
> Regards,
> Allan
> http://live.gnome.org/AllanCaeg
>
>
>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Allan Caeg <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Sounds reasonable.
>>>
>>> Distro guys, what do you think?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Calum Benson <[email protected]>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 21 Jun 2010, at 15:51, Jarlath Reidy wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > 4) I like the number four, but I can't think of and idea to put here.
>>>>
>>>> That would probably be "don't show a distro logo on the desktop at all
>>>> (except maybe in the default background where it's under the user's control)
>>>> because it adds little or nothing to the user experience, so save it for an
>>>> About <Distro> dialog", but that probably wouldn't be too popular with
>>>> distro marketing types :)
>>>>
>>>> Cheeri,
>>>> Calum.
>>>>
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Ian Bentley
M.Sc. Candidate
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario

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