On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 09:01:48AM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > Matthew East [2009-02-23 13:29 +0000]: > > I wonder if it would be appropriate for inclusion of > > gnome-control-center to be considered again for Jaunty. > > I believe it is just changing a gconf key, to flip between menu mode > and control center mode. > > Personally I have always liked the menu mode, since it makes it both > much more obvious, and also much faster, to reach a particular > setting. I agree, though, that the preferences menu is too large. It > would be nice if there were subgroups and some more cleverness: > > * mouse, keyboard layout, keyboard shortcuts, and accessibility > should be in an "input devices" submenu > * "palm os device" should rather be in the applications menu IMHO > * screen resolution, appearance, screen saver, and perhaps some more > are also closely related and could go into a submenu
The problem with subgroups in menu is that it deepens the menu hierarchy, which can be cumbersome to use - especially for not-so-advanced users. - Alexander -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
