Re: [E-devel] replacing the start menu concept

2005-12-01 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 06:51:47 -0500 (EST) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > Caster you mentioned: > > >> -easy access to information about the programs from the menu > > > >we have no more information that the user manually enters OR that an > >app provides in a .desktop file - and we use all tha

Re: [E-devel] replacing the start menu concept

2005-12-01 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 13:12:45 +0100 Martin Klaffenboeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > Am Donnerstag, den 01.12.2005, 06:51 -0500 schrieb > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Caster you mentioned: > > > > >> -easy access to information about the programs from the menu > > > > > >we have no more information th

Re: [E-devel] replacing the start menu concept

2005-12-01 Thread Martin Klaffenboeck
Am Donnerstag, den 01.12.2005, 13:55 +0100 schrieb Morten Nilsen: > they are text files with information on icon, program, name, etc. > they usually live under /usr/share > (I have some in applnk/, applications/ and application-registry/) We could also say, there is every information in plain tex

Re: [E-devel] replacing the start menu concept

2005-12-01 Thread Morten Nilsen
Mike Frysinger wrote: On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 01:55:28PM +0100, Morten Nilsen wrote: they usually live under /usr/share (I have some in applnk/, applications/ and application-registry/) applnk is old, applications is the common one afaik (gnome/kde/etc...), no idea what application-registry is

Re: [E-devel] replacing the start menu concept

2005-12-01 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 01:55:28PM +0100, Morten Nilsen wrote: > they usually live under /usr/share > (I have some in applnk/, applications/ and application-registry/) applnk is old, applications is the common one afaik (gnome/kde/etc...), no idea what application-registry is -mike -

Re: [E-devel] replacing the start menu concept

2005-12-01 Thread Morten Nilsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Caster you mentioned: -easy access to information about the programs from the menu we have no more information that the user manually enters OR that an app provides in a .desktop file - and we use all that .desktop file info currently. How does this .desktop featu

Re: [E-devel] replacing the start menu concept

2005-12-01 Thread Martin Klaffenboeck
Am Donnerstag, den 01.12.2005, 06:51 -0500 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Caster you mentioned: > > >> -easy access to information about the programs from the menu > > > >we have no more information that the user manually enters OR that an > >app provides in a .desktop file - and we use all that .d

Re: [E-devel] replacing the start menu concept

2005-12-01 Thread opengunfus-e
Caster you mentioned:>> -easy access to information about the programs from the menu>>we have no more information that the user manually enters OR that an >app provides in a .desktop file - and we use all that .desktop file info >currently.How does this .desktop feature work.. I don't have a .desk

Re: [E-devel] replacing the start menu concept

2005-11-30 Thread The Rasterman
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:28:14 -0800 Andreas Sæbjørnsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > This is a discussion for anybody which feel they spend too much time in the > bottom left corner of the desktop. I corroborate for discarding the start > menu as it is > > * difficult to find programs because of

Re: [E-devel] replacing the start menu concept

2005-11-22 Thread Solerman Kaplon
Andreas Sæbjørnsen escreveu: I think it would increase desktop productivity to abandon a concept which awkwardly forces us to interface towards our computer in a very counterproductive way. A solution to this problem already exists in Mezzo. As an experienced user I don't enjoy the cartoonis

Re: [E-devel] replacing the start menu concept

2005-11-22 Thread Andrew Williams
Erm, I hate to ask - but you know how to configure your menus right? everything can be optimised for your own prefferences. Start menu is probably the slowest way to get your app, but it is there for users who "need" it to feel they understand the desktop... Andrew On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 11:28:

[E-devel] replacing the start menu concept

2005-11-21 Thread Andreas Sæbjørnsen
This is a discussion for anybody which feel they spend too much time in the bottom left corner of the desktop. I corroborate for discarding the start menu as it is       *  difficult to find programs because of     - not all programs are easily categorized     - not every us