Thoughts on the Cinnamenu redesign (+ a bug) #71
Description
Looking at the new menu as it opens on the Live ISO:
First we see the new descriptions below the menu entries (neat).
Then we notice that the categories lost their colour and they don't follow the icon theme set in the theme settings any more (bug).
Finally, we see that the favourites on the left which now have labels (neat) but take up more horizontal space (annoying).
To reclaim that horizontal space, there is an option to hide the sidebar.
Now the system buttons are gone (bug?) and we need to go to the Appearance tab in the menu settings to move the buttons to alongside the search bar, which moves them to the right (annoying). A fix would be to have the system buttons left of the search bar so they align with the categories and the search bar aligns with the menu entries.
Another bug in the menu settings: when hiding the sidebar, the options for Avatar, Favourites and Recents don't get hidden correctly. There must be some layout change as the scroll handle moving indicates height change, but the toggles stay visible.
More generally: it's cool to have options to tinker with UI layout etc, but usually, once it's done, I want things to stay as they are without great disruptions (like this redesign unfortunately is).
Luckily I just found the Classic Menu applet that I'll probably install on all my devices.
So my idea would be to add the new menu as new applet, to make it the new default and to offer the user some post-upgrade screen to replace the old with the new applet if they want.