Adding application to launcher from Apps Place is not intuitive

 On 10/09/10 16:40, Michael Jonker wrote:
> My intuitions, in order, were:
> -Right click on empty space in menu and expect 'add application' dialogue followed by a handy list
> -Browse for app in aplication menu and drag it to the gobal menu
> -Browse for app in application menu, right click on it and select 'add to global menu'
> -Open app and right click on it's Global icon followed by menu item offering to 'add this to menu'
>

Michael, can you clarify what you mean here by menu, application menu,
global menu?

Mark

Mark, Apologies - I think I am getting the terminologies wrong.

I have attached two screenshots to clarify.

I feel this is a usability bug. I have joined Ayatana, so let me know if you feel this is a better place to bring up these kind of issues.

Ah, OK. You had me confused for a moment with all those menu's,
especially since "global menu" is oftenused to describe the
application-menu-when-displayed-in-the-panel.

Yes, what you thought should happen, should happen :-)

Mark

I'm reporting it upstream to clear the new list and set it as wishlist. But please, feel free to continue to discuss it :)

  This really should not be a "wishlist" item. This should be a must have before we put Unity on hopefully the vast majority of existing Ubuntu desktops and hopefully a vast majority of FIRST TIME Ubuntu desktops as well as netbooks and laptops where it's existed for a little while now.

An intuitive means for adding app launchers is something that is kind of a "must have" for a UI shift of this magnitude. Can we please bump this up from Wishlist to something with a little higher priority?

By the way, I know Didier reported this upstream, is there a link to the upstream report we can put in this one so others will be able to find it?

Yes, dragging from the Apps Place to the Launcher is critical for Natty.

Mark