
KPlanetaryMenu [idea]
Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements
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This is an idea of a new KMenu widget. I have made it because I have found default KDE4 (Kickoff) menu quite uncomfortable. From my point of view this idea is more efficient for average user.
Main ideas for this project are:
- less mouse movements needed
- big icons, like in MacOS's dockbar
- target: advanced user (because of no programs names and description, there are just icons)
How it works?
After mouse click in KMenu button two menu bars are showing:
- The inner one include your favorite apps (like the "Favoutites" tab in default KMenu) and the Leave Menu.
- The outer one provide access to apps categories [icon with flowing titles alongside]. When you move your cursor under the icon of each category, the next bars are evolving and show apps from chosen category. Of course sometimes there are more than two levels of menu (e.g. like in the "Utilities" category). This bar also includes Help, Run Command, Find buttons etc.
When the number of menu items grow in each level, icons become smaller [of course maximum and minimum icon size should be defined]. If there will be too much icons you can rotate whole menu up and down.
What do you think about it?
P.S. sorry for my English :)
Ampersand
12 years ago
For me i would prefer it to work somewhat similarly to the regular menu bar setup.
Click app icon, displays inner ring (apps, places, system)
click one of the three, displays next ring (whatever icons would normally be contained within the next sub menu)
i would love to use this instead of a dock or standard panel menu thing. Totally rad
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JavierBere
12 years ago
After selecting the category, the second ring would appear with the items contained by the category and behave in a similar fashion
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allevil669
12 years ago
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mith88
12 years ago
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cisforcojo
12 years ago
1) Add a way to search for programs via typing
2) Some apps don't have unique icons, how would this be handled effectively? (So you don't have to sort through a lot of the same icons to figure out which app you want)
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jaem
12 years ago
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leorockway
12 years ago
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game-flea
12 years ago
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Smokematic
12 years ago
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KMelon
12 years ago
it should be default option, another is user-defined sequence.
I also think about Recently Used Menu showing when u touch the screen's edge. But then u can't rotate bars. if i place Recently Used only on 1st bar's edge it will be hard to move on it. any ideas?
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ivancukic
12 years ago
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destroyer661
12 years ago
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