Proposed panel menu structure for hoary

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Martin Maney">

> Please please please reconsider this and focus on good UI design instead.
> Sticking an ever-changing minefield of items into what should be a
> familiar menu is a Stupid Demo Hack, not good UI design.

If we do, indeed, focus on good UI design, it won't be an ever-changing
minefield of items. There are two places where this list may appear - in the
menu, or as an applet. I'm leaving options open for both.

> Take this same idea and allocate a wee bit of space on the bar for fasssst
> access buttons, why don't you?

Note that this was specifically raised in the proposal.

> > Most of this menu should be shared with the Nautilus 'Places' menu,
> > perhaps excluding the bottom three items (including the separator).
> 
> Let me suggest that you recall "consistency" - they should either all be
> shared or none.  This sounds like it's a mild argument that Recent
> Documents and Search don't belong on a menu of places, though if that
> wasn't obvious in the first place this may not seem convincing.

Again, the appropriateness of these items was raised in the proposal. That
said, don't get caught up in false consistency - there is little reason why
excluding those items from the Nautilus Places menu could be seen as harmful
inconsistency.

Please try to lean more on constructive arguments than sarcasm in future.

- Jeff

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