Good point, it /is/ only two clicks to launch an app from the menu, even if it's sub-categorized. I don't really think it can be denied that launching apps, just like switching between them, is *currently* slower and more complicated in shell than it is with a panel/dock. The question is, how can that be improved?
2009/12/18 Ryan Peters <[email protected]> > On 12/18/2009 04:56 PM, Samuel Arthur Wright Illingworth wrote: > > Reducing the number of key clicks isn't a gain if it means you have a much > bigger list to look through. You can't measure usability purely in number > of clicks, or having the categorized menu would never have been an > improvement in the first place. > > 2009/12/18 Sriram Ramkrishna <[email protected]> > >> >> >> 2009/12/18 Mark Curtis <[email protected]> >> >>> Well perhaps it would be best to tackle the individual issues... >>> >>> >>> I've linked to previous threads on my main issue with GNOME Shell >>> >>> >>> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-shell-list/2009-December/msg00052.html >>> >>> Danté Ashton who started this particular discussion has an issue with: >>> "...the user, [having] to perform three extra clicks just to do what it >>> takes me one to do now?" >>> >>> Денис Черемисов was less descriptive in their issue(s) though. >>> >>> >> Precisely why I took him to task. Back on topic: >> >> In the old method, it would take me 3 clicks to launch an application: >> Applications->section->App >> >> so that is three clicks. >> >> In gnome-shell method, we have: >> >> * 1 click for common used apps >> * 2 clicks for any other apps >> >> I don't consider going to the overview mode as a click. But if you did, >> it would still be 2 or 3 clicks which is equivalent to the old method. >> >> Initially there was categories for the apps, but was changed to a flat >> scheme which reduced the number of key clicks. >> >> sri >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnome-shell-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing > [email protected]http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > That doesn't mean that more clicks means it's more usable, though. In > Gnome-Shell, if I want to launch an application that isn't on my recently > opened applications list, I have a lot more clicks than before. > > 1. Open Activities (arguably this can be triggered without a click, though) > 2. Click "Browse" on the Applications section. > 3. Click on the category I want. > 4. Sift through a page or two (why the pages!?) to find the application I'm > looking for. > > This is not intuitive, takes forever (especially considering the *speed*it > opens the menus), and is at least twice as confusing as the method > present in the current Gnome stable release. > > Also, I only have two clicks to open an application as I am now. > > 1. Open the applications menu. > 2. Highlight the mouse over a menu and when it pops up (you don't need to > click it, just like in Windows), click the app you want to open. > > There are lots of users that can make use of workspaces, but you shouldn't > force them to use them. > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > >
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