[maemo-developers] Feature request for Application Menu In Thumb To Take 2 Columns

[From: Urho Konttori]

This problem may already have been discussed, but in case it's not,  
here's my contribution:

When I use a thumb to click on the left side application menu in home  
view or
application view, what I get is a list of 6 icons. 4 top ones are the  
media
player, rss feed reader, images and file manager. If I want to ,  
say , open
calculater, I have to scroll down the list (which is painfully slow)  
and then
eventually encounter the utilities and from there the calculator.  
But, let's
say I wanted some app from extras. Even longer scrolling and then  
list of
extras apps. Again 6 apps. Say I wanted the 8th app. Again, scrolling.

Solution:
When I click on the application menu, take immediately more width for  
the menu
and assemble the icons in two columns. Thus, user will see 12 icons
immediately. No need to scroll, as the 1st level menu is less than  
12. Ok,
click on one of the folders if further need.
Again, open in two column mode and show all apps at the same time. If  
user
wants to navigate to first level, he/she only has to press the  
application menu
item again.

This would improve the thumb usability tremendously on N800.

Bug id:
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1556

Thank you for your time.
Urho Konttori