A new cinnamon menu

[hsbasu]

The current cinnamon main menu is adequately ergonomic. However, I have felt that the application menu provided in Deepin desktop is more intuitive. It offers both compact design and touch-friendly fullscreen modes. Can we add those feature in the current main menu?

[rcalixte]

@hsbasu Is it fair to assume you're referring to the feature highlighted in this YouTube video?

[clefebvre]

I watched the video. I like the way it looks but I think it's worth debating the pros and cons and breaking down the ideas first before rushing into an implementation.

[hsbasu]

I second that.

[hsbasu]

One of the important issues is that this start menu is for KDE. So, how much can be imitated is also questionable. Whereas In cinnamon we use gtk toolkit.

[Secret-chest]

I watched the video. I like the way it looks but I think it's worth debating the pros and cons and breaking down the ideas first before rushing into an implementation.

The classic menu should be kept as a separate applet then. I hate how you need 2 clicks to browse by category.

[Secret-chest]

I also hate this glasmorphism personally. And the GNOME overwiew should be a new applet.

[JosephMcc]

One thing to keep in mind when working on the menu is ease of use and convenience. It's something where Cinnamon's current menu excels. Even in the video thumbnail above you can see an immediate issue. That is having the applications list and categories on two separate "pages". Having used Cinnamon's menu for a long time and then using desktops that have a menu system like that is an annoyance. Cinnamon's has everything right there and available just by hovering the mouse around which is quite nice.

[Secret-chest]

Agree. That menu is straight from hell, even worse than the Windows 95 one. Not even cascading menus.

[goyalyashpal]

try cinnamenu, it's awesome 😇

especially the e smiley emoji picker too

Cinnamenu
https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/322

[cplittlfield]

I like the menu as it currently exists. Please don't "fix" it just for the sake of changing things around. I like the prototype Joseph posted on the Web site, though some people are complaining about seeing the username and icon. I generally find apps by using the search feature, if that is useful to know.

[goyalyashpal]

hi! as you replied to my comment particularly, my aim was not to replace the default one with this "applet".

rather, this was a suggestion to the creator of this discussion that if per doesn't like the default one, then per may want to try out this feature rich add-in replacement.

this is the beauty of FOSS things, that one may freely mix and match components without being dependent on the owner.

[cplittlfield]

I'm very sorry, that wasn't directed at you in particular. I am still figuring out the Github commenting system.

But you are absolutely right. I agree with you. What I was actually talking about is taking a functional piece of software that has a reasonably effective interface and replacing it with something obtuse and incomprehensible, solely because the current interface "looks old" and doesn't follow the current fashions.

I'm not arguing against an improved interface or better functionality, mind you.

[Jopp-gh]

Cinnamon menu is very useful indeed, nicely designed and I could not be without, sometimes.

But for quick access, Ulauncher is definitely the better choice, because more flexible, faster and focused.