Re:KDE and the Menu Crisis
by mjevans on Saturday August 26, 2017 @03:15PM
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I mostly agree, but think the main issue is /discoverability/.
I had no idea I could get back to a traditional menu mode (in KDE Plasma) if I wanted (I'm unsure if I do).
The menu doesn't educate me what the 'short command' for a program is, so it can't teach me how to find it or launch it directly by typing in that shorter name (but searching for the literal executable name does work if you happened to know it).
The tasks and other features are things I haven't noticed.
Maybe a built in 'demo / training' application could show me the intended workflow, and then ask me to replicate it within a test 'desktop window'?
I had no idea I could get back to a traditional menu mode (in KDE Plasma) if I wanted (I'm unsure if I do).
The menu doesn't educate me what the 'short command' for a program is, so it can't teach me how to find it or launch it directly by typing in that shorter name (but searching for the literal executable name does work if you happened to know it).
The tasks and other features are things I haven't noticed.
Maybe a built in 'demo / training' application could show me the intended workflow, and then ask me to replicate it within a test 'desktop window'?