The upcoming OpenSUSE 10.2 will feature a new KDE start menu with favorites and integrated search and application browser. It was developed by the KDE SUSE team after doing extensive usability testing on existing start menus - there will be a talk about it at aKademy 2006 next month. Note: The 2nd link has been updated, pointing to an alternative location. It works now.
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Member since:2005-07-06
I agree with the fact that there is no reason to limit yourself to a small corner of the screen. The scroll bars in the start menu where simply a bad design. When you're accessing something from the start menu you generally don't need to also see the desktop or any other window, so why not grow the start menu to the needed size.
That being said I think the concepts shown are great. If they can be developed a bit I think it will become really useful.
Member since:2005-08-28
I would tend to agree. One thing I can't stand when I'm using GNOME (as I am while I'm typing this), is the fact that in menu items with a lot of content I have to manually scroll through to see all the listings. With KDE's menu, plop, it's all there.
I'm not sure who came up with the idea that hunting through menus is a good idea (like "personalized" menus in windows).
Member since:2006-01-12
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2005-10-28
I really don't like this feature. It's much better to use the whole screen really estate than shove it in some little box.
No thank you. This feature is a turkey. Up there with that annoying office feature of hiding the drop down menus.