Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th Mar 2007 19:09 UTC, submitted by Michael Anckaert
Recently, Canonical released Herd 5, the last alpha release of Ubuntu 7.04. Masuran.org took a quick look at this preview release, and concluded: "Ubuntu 7.04 will be a very sweet release. I can only hope that the new Gnome Control Center will be the default instead of the current menu structure and that desktop effects like Beryl or Compiz get a more prominent place in this wonderful operating system."
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2006-01-25
The problem is, with a 3D structure, it becomes extremely difficult to scan through a larger amount of items quickly FOR EVERYONE, not just newbies. It would need to be solved by reducing the number of categories and the amount of items in each category to make it work, but at that point, the problems with the menu just disappeared as well.
Scanning linearly is much easier for humans, experienced or not, then scanning in 3D. Other scanning methods only tend to work better when the user really knows where to expect it, which can be accomplished by reducing the number of categories.