
GnoMenu 2 Concept Mockup
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***THIS IS A MOCK UP ONLY***
This is a design concept for GnoMenu2
No Vista Like Buttons
No words, use of universal Icons instead
The Icons from top to bottom are:
Internet
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Home
Documents
Pictures
Music
Video
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Synaptic
Control Center
Help
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Lock
Shutdown
Logout
The idea is to return to convenient menu actions without using the Vista graphics. While adding more accessed options and removing lesser used options.
This is only a layout and design concept. Other layouts are possible.
This layout can also be made in GnoMenu 1 series making it semi-backwards compatible.
Please post comments and productive criticisms. Don't just simply say its bad or good. GnoMenu 2 will start development at the end of January or Early February right after GnoMenu 1.7 is released. We need feedback to create a useful and pleasing default menu layout.
technoshaun
12 years ago
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jetole
12 years ago
Gnomenu 2 on my office workstation which was an upgrade from ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 x86_64 has the icon cut off at the top of the task bar and does not extend onto part of the desktop. The icon itself seems to be truncated and this appears on all icons that are supposed to extend.
Does anyone know how this can be fixed?
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algalord
12 years ago
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technoshaun
12 years ago
Besides I was looking for feedback on the design and concept at the moment.
The final thing is if I do make it for the GnoMenu 1 series it will stay have to be redone for GnoMenu 2. What I'm looking for is ideas and improvement for a GnoMenu 2 default theme.
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Celtic
12 years ago
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SignalBackZero
12 years ago
Anyway, it would be difficult to steer away fron a vista menu because it's pretty comfortable by now and easy. But I think i may have a few designs I could throw around that would be pretty comfortable for people. I don't exactly want to give them away to everyone as i would like to create them. But if Interested I could probably give some basic mockups.
Anyway I do like your thinking. I say don't give up on the vista menu quite yet but go ahead and create the one your thinking about making and use it for default.
P.S. Is there a way for me to add a "computer" menu to the main menu area instead of opening in a new window and is there a way to stick the first two internet options to the top? yes or no answers will help(i'll do the research on my own as it's for testing anyhow).
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technoshaun
12 years ago
I'm still heavy into blueprinting it out and haven't even posted it yet for approval but the main goal is to open GnoMenu to many options to allow menu theme creators to become extremely creative. Multiple panes, tabs and animation effects are just a few of the things we are looking to do. It isn't going to happen over night but there are a lot of features the whole team would like to add but the biggest thing right now is to first port over the whole kit and kaboodle to Python 3.
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jetole
12 years ago
Don't lose the vista theme. If you don't want it to be the default then that is fine but many people do like it.
Using the gnome theme icons is the _PROPER_ way to decide it. I am sure you guys can make some great icons but on top of it limiting the end users choice, it will additionally be out of sync with the rest of the desktop.
Ok, thats the only two suggestions I have. Aside from that it is nice work and I love using it and I am hoping that version 2 will fix the broken icon issue that seems to be common with Ubuntu 8.04/8.10 (x64 for me).
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jetole
12 years ago
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technoshaun
12 years ago
Someone else finally found the solution but glad they did.
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gilgy
12 years ago
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technoshaun
12 years ago
The GnoMenu 2 plan is to allow for many different and unique menu designs but for the default we want to keep familiararity and at same time remove the Vista look so this concept is more of a hybrid design. Layout somewhat Vista-ish but nothing else is Vista like. I didn't want to lose the convenience that came with the GnoMenu designs from the orignal Gnome Menu Vista by Chris and still follow Helder's goal to remove the Vista look from the default menu.
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gilgy
12 years ago
Anyway, nice plans. Looking forward to a brighter concept for GnoMenu.
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technoshaun
12 years ago
BTW if you pull the trunk source and compile it you'll see GnoMenu is indeed system color aware now.
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