On Sunday 14 April 2013 9:12:44 am you wrote: > On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, dep wrote: > > said Alexandre Couture: > > | Hi everyone! > > | > > | In the trinity-devel mailing list, there is a nst about keeping > > | or removing the Kick-Off launcher. Here is a part of what is > > | written: > > | > > | Timothy Pearson wrote: > > | >> A good solution would be to 1) remove kickoff since it's > > | >> unlikely that it is used, and doesn't keep in the style of > > | >> trinity and port the cool features of kickoff into the > > | >> original kicker panel, if there are any. > > | > > > | > I would need a list of any improvements in Kickoff that are not > > | > in Kicker. Copious amounts of whitespace around each widget is > > | > not considered an improvement. ;-) Perhaps you could gather > > | > information from list members on why they use Kickoff vs. > > | > Kicker? > > | > > | Francois Andriot wrote: > > | >Hello, I'm always using Kickoff menu instead of Kicker, so I > > | > would'nt like it to be removed. > > | >I currently have no problem with it. > > | > > > | > > > | >Here are some reasons: > > | >- I prefer having separate tabs for favorites/all > > | >applications/Computer/History , instead of having a single huge > > | > menu with many submenus. > > | >- I prefer the search feature of Kickoff, which displays > > | > immediatly the icon of the app I'm searching. In kicker, the > > | > search feature justs grays out the directories, but I still > > | > have to browse the tree to find the application I want. When > > | > the application list is very long, it is still not very > > | > convenient. > > I don't use search since I know the names of the applications I use > most often so I have a couple of terminals open and just type in the > names, e.g. 'gimp&' and voila! > > (frankly, I seldom even look at the 'desktop'; I'd have to look to > see what icons are present there. for my 'use case', it is irrelevant > except as necessary prop for the programs I am engaged in.) > > 'apropos graphics' helps if I'm having trouble recalling the name but > I also keep the (classic) menu pruned so stuff I'm not likely to even > fool around with gets removed. > > sorry, I don't have Francois's original post thus I'm replying to > this end of the long tail. > > just mentioning other ways and preferences for doing things. > > I would also endorse keeping/adding 'kickoff' as an option for those > who find it useful. > > F. +1, I use TDE as a WM more than a DE. I use classic mode, did not know kickoff was available until now. -- Peace, Greg