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