2005/10/15, Martin Fuchs fuchs.martin@gmail.com:
On 15.10.2005 01:18:24 Mikko Tikkanen wrote:
There is basic layout I designed a while ago, displaying the search menu & view: http://www.tpu.fi/~a5mtikka/varasto/guidesign/search.jpg
This looks quite good. I understand this as an proposal for the the ReactOS start menu layout with activated "XP like" mode. The "classic" mode would look like the current layout.
You just copied the MS icons into your prototype. Shouldn't you better use our nice ROS icons? :)
As the two column start menu seem to create quarrel I created kind of a hybrid of those two. From top down (- {item name}: {things in the submenu}):
- Username, Help button
- The list of recent applications used
- My Documents: Recent files, Browse my files
- My Computer: Browse my computer, Printers, Control panel
- Network: Recent, Browse network, My shares, Network settings
- Search: Search, Recent, Advanced
- Run: Run, Recent, Advanced...
- All programs
- Lock and Power off
The "Lock" button would activate the screen saver, which may be configured to ask for a password? What about adding a "Logoff" button?
Regards,
Martin
I copied the icons because they are quickly accessible. That mockup is not intended to show 1:1 reflection about ROS UI as it was created merely to show the constuction and functionality of the start menu.
As user security is a big issue nowdays, the lock button has higher priority than logoff, user can find the logoff function from the shutdown menu as well as the basic function is the same; you press shutdown when you leave from the computer, no matter if you actually shut it down or just log off.
-mikko