14 Apr
2013
14 Apr
'13
5:12 p.m.
On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, dep wrote:
said Alexandre Couture:
| Hi everyone!
|
| In the trinity-devel mailing list, there is a nst about keeping or
| removing the Kick-Off launcher. Here is a part of what is written:
|
| Timothy Pearson wrote:
| >> A good solution would be to 1) remove kickoff since it's unlikely
| >> that it is used, and doesn't keep in the style of trinity and port
| >> the cool features of kickoff into the original kicker panel, if there
| >> are any.
| >
| > I would need a list of any improvements in Kickoff that are not in
| > Kicker. Copious amounts of whitespace around each widget is not
| > considered an improvement. ;-) Perhaps you could gather information
| > from list members on why they use Kickoff vs. Kicker?
|
| Francois Andriot wrote:
| >Hello, I'm always using Kickoff menu instead of Kicker, so I would'nt
| >like it to be removed.
| >I currently have no problem with it.
| >
| >
| >Here are some reasons:
| >- I prefer having separate tabs for favorites/all
| >applications/Computer/History , instead of having a single huge menu
| >with many submenus.
| >- I prefer the search feature of Kickoff, which displays immediatly the
| >icon of the app I'm searching. In kicker, the search feature justs
| > grays out the directories, but I still have to browse the tree to find
| > the application I want. When the application list is very long, it is
| > still not very convenient.
I don't use search since I know the names of the applications I use
most often so I have a couple of terminals open and just type in the
names, e.g. 'gimp&' and voila!
(frankly, I seldom even look at the 'desktop'; I'd have to look to see
what icons are present there. for my 'use case', it is irrelevant
except as necessary prop for the programs I am engaged in.)
'apropos graphics' helps if I'm having trouble recalling the name but
I also keep the (classic) menu pruned so stuff I'm not likely to even
fool around with gets removed.
sorry, I don't have Francois's original post thus I'm replying to this
end of the long tail.
just mentioning other ways and preferences for doing things.
I would also endorse keeping/adding 'kickoff' as an option for those
who find it useful.
F.
--
Felmon Davis
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more,
that is poor.