menuApplets

Differences between revisions 1 and 2
⇤ ← Revision 1 as of 2007-03-17 22:26:43 →
Size: 1650
Editor: d51A48402
Comment:
← Revision 2 as of 2007-03-17 22:29:04 → ⇥
Size: 1651
Editor: d51A48402
Comment: typo
Deletions are marked like this. Additions are marked like this.
Line 26: Line 26:
screenshot: attachment:affinity.png screenshot: attachment:affinity1.png

There are for the moment many different menu applets. I would like to create a list of them here, so anyone can see which one fits best his preferences. So the goal is not to say one menu applet is better than another one. It is just that everyone know which choices exists.

SLAB

Slab is the codename for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10's new menu and application managment system. It consists of 3 parts: main-menu (the new menu applet), Control Center and Application Browser, a nice simple and easy to use interface which uses our existing menu system to present all options for preferences and applications right in front of you with nice big icons! The 2 sections are also searchable with this neat little search box, automatically narrowing down options to what you want based off title and descriptions!

status: beta for ubuntu

screenshot: attachment:slab1.png

install: [slab]

Ubuntu System Panel

Simple launcher for the GNOME desktop, providing easy access to Places, Applications and common configuration items for your computer. It has a plugin system and aims to be very personal.

status: 0.41 (stable)

screenshot: attachment:usp1.jpg

install: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=229014]

Affinity

Affinty is a desktop search tool, which hopes to provide a quick way to get at all the different information on your desktop. It achieves this by having various back-ends, but implemented through one standard interface. Speaking of the interface, have a look:

status: 0.1 (first release)

screenshot: attachment:affinity1.png

install: [http://code.google.com/p/affinity-search/]

menuApplets (last edited 2008-08-06 16:21:43 by localhost)