Re: Menu with two states?

On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 03:15:13AM +0100, Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Conrad Newton wrote:
> > I hope this is a reasonable list on which to ask
> > this question.
> > 
> > I am building a live CD based on Debian/KDE 
> > for people who have never before used Linux.
> > 
> > One of the criticisms of my CD in its current
> > state is that the menus are too complex.
> > I have considered two ways of resolving
> > this problem:
> > 
> > 1)  Separate out submenus from the "K" and place
> >     them as individual icons on the panel.
> >     The program list within submenus can be
> >     trimmed to make it even simpler.
> > 
> > 2)  Introduce a button that toggles between two states:
> >     full menu and simplified menu with only a few programs.
> >     In the default state, I would only see a simple menu,
> >     but if I click in the right place, I see much more.
> > 
> > My question is:  is method number (2) even possible?
> 
> As far as I know, this is currently not possible. But
> it is an idea I had been thinking of also. I would
> vote for implementing it, should it be discussed and
> seem feasible to the developers.

AFAIK, but ideas are commonly implemented in the menu's of 
another large Operating System that I see people working on.

Peter