Main menu icon

[Joe Crawford]

This is the first UI suggestion I have for XFCE. I'm sure I'll have
many more. Here it goes:

I've noticed that the main menu for xfce isn't very obvious. The icon
doesn't make it very clear. (In fact, I've noticed a lot of
distributions using meaningless icons as the main menu button.) I
think a bit of text is needed, as there is no icon that instantly
makes users think main menu. (or perhaps there is and I am unaware of
it!)

In gnome the word "Applications" is used, but I think that's too long.
All it really needs to be is "menu" or "start". (Applications however,
would also be better than nothing!)

I know it sounds small and trivial, but little things like this often
make a difference for new users. I myself when didn't notice the main
menu until I'd been using xfce for a while.

I made an example of what a more obvious icon could be, with a couple
options. They look readable even at quite low resolutions.

http://joetainment.com/Plone/MenuIcons.png

In order to look good at very low resolutions the main menu button
needs to be wider than it is tall. A natural side effect of left to
right written languages.

If people like this idea, I can polish up the icon and submit it, or
maybe people have some other ideas to make the main menu more obvious.

Thanks for reading! :)


Sincerely,

Joe Crawford
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