Ixthusdan Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 mysti, I think if you go into the kde manager, there is a way to go to the kde default menu system. It gives a warning that there may be items missing, but I haven't seen anything missing yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Thanks Ix. I'll check into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Run menudrake and select the native KDE/Gnome/whatever menu. I don't see a problem with giving users some choice on the menu-styles available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imr Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Actually, new users feel lost with the KDE default menu. It's quite simpler in its form being mostly one level and it's probably simpler to put that way internally because you don't have to do any politics to explain to this developper why he is in a 3rd level menu when this other one app is in the 1st level, but on the user side when you dont know the applications, it's really hard to find out anything as the menus are quite cluttered with apps. I think the mandriva way to do it, to propose one choice by the distro AND to propose the original default one, is the best approach because you take your responsability as a distro to integrate the applications into your vision of the desktop without forcing it on those who do not see it fit to their needs. Let's say, the KDE one is the best one for people who know how to and want to edit their own menu, and the mandriva one is better for people who want to find their 3 or 5 usual apps very fast and then have them in the frequently used apps section. There is even a 3rd menu, the discovery one, which I'm not found of. I find it too eery for me, I don't know what I'm clicking on as they have really abstracted the names too much for my tastes. But until I have seen it with first time users, I won't know if it's effective or not. Â One thing that I find odd in the Mandriva choice is the place where they put the apps like k3b. It"s too deep and seems displaced in system to start with. imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 I agree about k3b. One thing I don't understand is why Mandriva removed the menu updating tool. It comes in very handy because it scans for apps that aren't on the menu and then you just check the one you want to add and it adds it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imr Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) Are you sure it's not there? it's in 2007.0 Â Sophie found it Edited April 17, 2007 by imr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Mysti you only need to use drakmenustyle. You can choose from all available menu formats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVDowning Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 kappfinder??? Didn't know such a thing existed. Sure could have used that a few times. Guess what I'll be doing tonight? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Ok, now that I restored it to the default I can find the tool. Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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