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I'm an Ubuntu + Gnome 3 user, but this seems a little pointless. None of the applications I use these days even have the 90's style File/Edit/View/Tools/Help s
by fps 13y ago
I'm an Ubuntu + Gnome 3 user, but this seems a little pointless. None of the applications I use these days even have the 90's style File/Edit/View/Tools/Help style menus. Everything is in a right click menu, a function bar, or a much smaller all purpose "more" icon. File/Edit/View always made for a frustrating treasure hunt tracking down which of the properties/preferences/settings dialog box a certain setting was buried in; I don't understand why those menus lasted as long as they did.
- Avshalom 13y agomoving everything into a right click or more icon doesn't get rid of the menu it just adds one more step to the treasure hunt.
- fps 13y agoNot really. Some applications I use (like Gnome terminal) only have a right click menu. Everything is there, or in the "profile preferences" dialog accessible from within right click. Other applications (like Chrome) have a very sensible hierarchy: - If I want to do something to an object within a page (copy link, open image, translate text), I right click on that thing. - If I want to do something to the active document/page, there's a button for it at the top. - If I want to make a change to the application, I go to the singular settings dialog accessible through the "more functions" button. Hierarchical menus are a mess, and I'm glad they appear to be dying.
- keithpeter 13y agoLibreOffice? Accelerator keys? AKA Mnemonics? ALT-iof is wired into my fingers like C-maj on the piano. I use ALT-iof 50 times an hour when writing handouts. I've had to stop using versions of Unity after 12.04 because of the way later menu programming breaks this. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/739184 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/7... I don't use the mouse much.