[ubuntu-studio-devel] Menu Layout

lukefromdc at hushmail.com lukefromdc at hushmail.com
Tue May 19 17:20:46 UTC 2015


The proposed new submenus 

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/FeatureDefinitions/UbuntuStudioMenu

are a lot clearer than the 15.04 submenus.

On 5/19/2015 at 9:08 AM, "Set Hallström" <sakrecoer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hi all,
>First things first: Len, i think you have very good points and it's
>obviously passion not ranting :) Your goal is honorable, i really 
>hope for
>the same turn out as you.
>
>I must say this discussion is a bit confusing to me, 3 things come 
>out to
>me:
>- We want to follow the freedesktop standard,
>- We all seem to agree freedesktop isn't flexible enough our 
>case...
>- we have actually been breaking the standard for a long time...
>
>Having this written, Kaj: Excellent job on
>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/FeatureDefinitions/UbuntuStudi
>oMenu
>It's clean and purposeful. Putting publishing under graphics is a 
>tricky
>move, but it makes sense in many ways. I wonder if brasero would 
>fit there
>like that. Brasero is obviously a home-publishing tool. but it's 
>not very
>much of a graphic application. Perhaps it's ok to have it 
>repeating itself
>in the various wrokflows?
>
>Like Kaj states in the last message before mine, we are redefining 
>the hole
>workflow concept here, unless we take a stance for having a menu 
>that isn't
>reflecting the workflow concept. Which i think will create 
>confusion on the
>long run. I remember being told that we could rework those 
>workflows, but
>that it would be feasible for later versions like 16.04... Is this 
>really a
>goal for 15.10? Blueprint deadline is dangerously close to now. 
>What about
>that "indicator" solution (i'm sorry, i have forgotten who brought 
>it up on
>the IRC channel) for integrating the ubustu menu in other DE's?
>
>Looking forward to read you all,
>-- 
>Set Hallström




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