Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: kde4
The new KDE4 menu requires the both the pointer and the user's attention
to zig and zag, rather than follow an arc or trajectory like the old
menu. Perhaps most difficult are the delays and apparent variable
timing. These combine to make it not possible to use the menu without
undivided attention. The old menu was predictable enough that it can be
used while looking elsewhere on the screen or partially looking away.
If a 'new' look is of overriding importance, it should still take into
account time/motion/mentalaction needed for each item.
Attached is a view of the KDE 3.5 menu with a red line approximating the
flow of movement. Backing up a menu level is as simple as reversing the
direction of the mouse.
With the proposed KDE4 menu, one must hover and click to move forward.
Then, unfortunately, to move back on the propose KDE4, the action is not
as simple as moving back the way mouse came, but maneuvering to the edge
of the panel (a difficult target) and then clicking.
It looks good, it just needs simplified workflow.
** Affects: meta-kde4 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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new KDE menu requires too complicated maneuvers and timing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234372
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