Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 23rd Feb 2003 20:42 UTC
Red Hat is the undisputed commercial leader when it comes to Linux distros. A few years ago more distros were sharing the Linux market/userbase, but these days Red Hat has overcome its competitors in impressions, sales and popularity. Popularity doesn't always mean quality though (look at Windows9x for example), so after our world's first review of Red Hat 8.0 a few months ago, I wanted to check out the new product, Red Hat 8.1, destined to be released sometime in the next one or two months. I downloaded and installed the third beta of 8.1, codenamed Phoebe, and gave it a whirl. We will be featuring a full review when the final version becomes available, but here is a preliminary report on the current status, accompanied by three screenshots. Update: Added one more screenshot.
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For applications that are able to be substitutes like web browsers or media players, this could merely be some kind of preference setting. I would imagine the same could go for lots of other stuff.
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Eugenia: Ok. I looked at the mockup. Like most of the suggestions. One thing I do like though is the bigger fonts, but its small potatoes.
One question that just occured to me about applicatoins like a PDF viewer or a Media player, is if they are actually often started standalone by themselves? Personally I never do that, and I rely on just opening a file and having the associated app launch to do something automagically. For that kind of 'passive' stuff, it seems to me you could just remove them from the menu's altogether.