menu categories [open question for users]

[Cory K.]

I'd like to see some more chat/thoughts from users on this one. :)
Remember, you guys will have to use this like we will. With this thread
we're giving you a chance to voice your thoughts. Take advantage of it.

-Cory

Luis de Bethencourt wrote:
> We got some menu category organization...
> check this forum thread to see how it now works and to download the
> deb to use it.
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=474628
>
> Luis de Bethencourt
>
> On 6/6/07, Luis de Bethencourt <bethencourt at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Jacbo's proposal seams to be good, but I will give this thread a few
>> more days to see if anyone proposes something different and we can
>> decide.
>>
>> About what Oscar said, after we make the categories we can decide were
>> some "in the middle" apps fall. And the keeping the "sound & video"
>> and adding other, it's not going to happen, because (a) it is
>> confusing for the user; (b) with how the gnome menu system it wouldn't
>> work.
>>
>> Thanks for the help, keep posting!
>>
>> Luis de Bethencourt
>>
>> On 6/6/07, Oscar <spacepluk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>> That would be a nice structure for the menus, but there are lots of apps
>>> that will fall in several of these categories. Personally, I would be happy
>>> with just a Pro-audio menu with all music-production-related-apps inside it.
>>> And letting the Sound & Video menu alone with standard ubuntu's 'user'
>>> multimedia apps like XMMS, VLC, etc.
>>>
>>> Saludosss
>>>
>>>
>>> PS: excuse my english
>>>
>>> 2007/6/6, Jacob Creedon <jcreedon at gmail.com>:
>>>       
>>>> Video and Audio definitely should be in separate categories. Video has few
>>>>         
>>> enough programs to be a single menu on it's own, but Audio is another story.
>>> There are more audio programs than both graphics and video combined, so I've
>>> divided my audio programs into the following categories:
>>>       
>>>> -Recording/Editing (I can only think of one, maybe two, pieces of
>>>>         
>>> recording software that doesn't also edit)
>>>       
>>>> -Sequencing
>>>> -Synthesizers
>>>> -Effects and Signal Processing
>>>> -Other/Misc
>>>> And then I have a playback category, but it includes both audio and video
>>>>         
>>> playback applications.
>>>       
>>>> On the subject of application launchers... There are a few GUI programs
>>>>         
>>> that have to be started from the command-line that are semi-ignored
>>> (timemachine and meterbridge come to mind). It would be nice to have a
>>> launcher that would open a terminal and print the usage for the command so
>>> that people can work from there. Or maybe that would be too cluttery.
>>>       
>>>> Jake
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6/5/07, Luis de Bethencourt <bethencourt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> I made the following question to developers... but we think it woulI'ved
>>>>>
>>>>> be nice to have some user feedback on this one.
>>>>>
>>>>> YOU can help decide how the next release of Ubuntu Studio is going to
>>>>> be, so please do!
>>>>>
>>>>> Luis de Bethencourt
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Luis de Bethencourt <bethencourt at gmail.com >
>>>>> Date: May 16, 2007 11:27 PM
>>>>> Subject: menu categories
>>>>> To: ubuntustudio at lists.ubuntustudio.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>> Right now in Ubuntu Studio's menu we have a huge "Sound and Video"
>>>>> category. Were to grab for example xmms, you have to scroll down for a
>>>>> while before finding it. This is obviously inconvenient.
>>>>>
>>>>> Other Ubuntu derivates have already tweaked the menu to have other
>>>>> categories. I will be taking edubuntu's idea for it. I have already
>>>>> been playing around with it and can have it done in a few days. But...
>>>>>
>>>>> Which categories do you guys think we should have?
>>>>> Sound and video being two categories?
>>>>> More specific categories like Sound editing and Sound recording?
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you think?
>>>>>
>>>>> Luis
>>>>>
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