Re: [Usability]Re: Actions menu (was 'Capplets' and 'background/font capplets'))

[David Moles <david moles vykor com>]

On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 18:07, Sinzui Kobalt wrote:
> 
> I agree.  I recall the MIT usability study demonstrated 'gnome' and a
> 'foot' icon didn't mean anything to the average user.  

I think one reason the apple menu worked for MacOS was that it
was originally the *only* icon on the menu bar. Since the panel
is full of icons, the gnome-foot just isn't distinctive enough.