Comments on: Show Me that Updated GNOME Main Menu

By: Juan

Juan — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:27:31 +0000

Dunno if it’s just me, but it seems that everyone says that the more windoze-like the more usability it has.

By: Kirya [.net] » Blog Archive » VirtualBox fun

Kirya [.net] » Blog Archive » VirtualBox fun — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:00:56 +0000

[...] as default WM (maybe it isn’t new, but I haven’t seen a Suse desktop for years). Their gnome-main-menu is really nice, but really unusable for [...]

By: Ted Haeger

Ted Haeger — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:40:52 +0000

Kevin [58]:
I’m not at Novell anymore, so I have not been paying as much attention to openSUSE lately. I recommend checking in on openSUSE.org for details about the openSUSE IRC channel and mailing lists. Community support for openSUSE is pretty good.
–t

By: Kevin Dupuy

Kevin Dupuy — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:48:46 +0000

Hey, the menu looks nice, but I didn’t really want it on 10.2 yet, yet I installed 10.2 and ran the normal system update during install, and now I have the new menu! It doesn’t even look right, the fonts are off, the colors are not there and I can’t figure out how to get it to the normal 10.2 menu. Any help?

By: Benji Park

Benji Park — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:07:00 +0000

Having had it a while now on opensuse 10.2 I can honestly say it’s the most annoying menu design I’ve ever had the misfortune to encounter. The slowdown in productivity it preposterous. Only thing I’m concerned about is how to turn it off/revert to a classic menu. If its not designed for me thats fine, for those of us who cant stand it http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:How_to_switch_to_Gnome_classic_menu_in_openSUSE_10.2

By: When the reverend talks, I listen. at Michael Vincent Brunetto

When the reverend talks, I listen. at Michael Vincent Brunetto — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:51:02 +0000

[...] Hagar has posted about some of the fantastic updates that Novell have made to the Gnome main menu in SLED 10. As someone who follows Linux, and uses it [...]

By: Usolab

Usolab — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:29:13 +0000

Destellos de innovaci�n en la usabilidad del software libre

En este blog hablamos poco de las interfaces del sistema operativo GNU/Linux y lo cierto es que, al igual que con Windows Vista o Mac OS X Leopard, continuamente se van haciendo mejoras a sus dos principales entornos de escritorio:…

By: Show Me That New GNOME Main Menu « Open Source Advocacy with Reverend Ted

Show Me That New GNOME Main Menu « Open Source Advocacy with Reverend Ted — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:26:56 +0000

[...] Linux/OSS, Novell, Random Stuff — Ted Haeger @ 5:10 am [Update: Please refer to “Show Me That Updated GNOME Main Menu” to see the latest info on the Main Menu, including a [...]

By: djst’s nest» Blog Archive » Downloading OpenSUSE 10.3 Alpha 1

djst’s nest» Blog Archive » Downloading OpenSUSE 10.3 Alpha 1 — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:22:27 +0000

[...] remember why I didn’t like OpenSUSE so I’ll try it again. After reading about the progress of the new Gnome main menu, I don’t mind the hassle of installing it one more [...]

By: Ted Haeger

Ted Haeger — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:53:33 +0000

Andy [51]: Well, now, that’s one I’ve thought about quite a bit. If you know the name of enough programs that you need a “Run” command, then you probably also know that you can hit Alt-F2 to get the “Run Application…” dialog.
That response may seem more flippant than I intend it to be. What it comes down to is that the interface was designed for less competent users (those who would not know that a run command might be nice on the menu.)
So, it’s really a question of for whom it was desgned. The UI designers for this were targetting a type of user that would not normally use the Run command, or the type that would bypass it anyway,
–Ted