Le samedi 26 février 2011 à 01:00 +0100, Samuel Verschelde a écrit : > Le vendredi 25 février 2011 10:33:42, Michael Scherer a écrit : > > Le vendredi 25 février 2011 à 09:19 +0100, Samuel Verschelde a écrit : > > > Le vendredi 25 février 2011 01:12:07, Michael Scherer a écrit : > > > > What need to be taken in account too is also the case > > > > Internet => 5-7 apps. > > > > > > > > Having : > > > > Internet => 5-7 submenus => 1 app entry > > > > is IMHO clearly suboptimal. > > > > > > > > ( ie, 1 step more to get application , on a total of 3, that's a lot ). > > > > > > Does it happen ? In a default Mandriva KDE installation I already have > > > more than 10 internet applications. > > > > I do not use kde, but that doesn't sound good. > > What are the entries ? Are all of them really needed ? > > - akregator > - kaddressbook > - kmail > - network center (mandriva) > - kbluetooth > - kget (download manager) > - knetattach (= add a network > - knode : newsgroups reader (unless I installed it manually, not sure) > - konqueror > - kontact > - konversation > - kopete > - korganizer > - kppp > - krdc > - krfb > - ktorrent (unless I installed it manually) > - firefox > > And I agree that many of those will not be used by most people
There is some duplicate : firefox / konqueror kontact / korganiser / kmail / kadressboo, that somehow all overlap ( IIRC from my kde days ) - kppp / network center / knetattach -> manage network > > > > > I prefer 3 quick steps rather than 2 long steps. > > > > This would requires some testing and measures to see which is faster, > > which is more confusing. Fcrozat did some tests, but I think the report > > were not published :/ > > > > > And KDE gives you the > > > "recently used applications" on top of the menu, so the extra step is no > > > big deal. > > > > Shall I remind that there is more than KDE in the world ? > > No, because it suggests I forgot it, which is not the case :) > But you mean there is no such functionality in GNOME and other commonly used > environments ? I never seen this on windows, ( which is still the most common used evnironment, even if my own usage date back to xp ), neither on mac os x ( on 10.5 ). If there is in gnome 2, then I have disabled it long ago. And I doubt there is on lighter desktop environment ( ie, that's why there are light, because there is a different tradeoff between feature and memory footprint ). I need to check with someone running lxde and xfce. There is something like this on gnome 3. -- Michael Scherer