<s>
KBFX	B-Language
is	O
an	O
application	B-Application
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
/TQt	O
for	O
KDE	B-Application
3.2	O
+	O
and	O
TDE	B-Application
R14.x	O
and	O
offers	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
default	O
K	O
Logo	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
however	O
keep	O
the	O
traditional	O
KDE	B-Application
menu	O
as	O
an	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
fully	O
skinnable	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Main	O
KBFX	B-Language
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
Plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Selecting	O
an	O
Application	B-Application
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scroll	O
up	O
and	O
down	O
the	O
application	B-Application
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Type	O
and	O
locate	O
an	O
Application	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launch	O
the	O
KBFX	B-Language
Configurator	O
(	O
the	O
KBFX	B-Language
settings	O
manager	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extra	O
KBFX	B-Language
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
KBFX	B-Language
was	O
started	O
on	O
June	O
5	O
,	O
2005	O
as	O
a	O
hobbyist	O
project	O
by	O
Siraj	O
Razick	O
,	O
born	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
spontaneous	O
idea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
change	O
the	O
default	O
KBFX	B-Language
button	O
,	O
one	O
still	O
had	O
to	O
copy	O
an	O
image	O
file	O
to	O
a	O
certain	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
first	O
post	O
in	O
mid-June	O
5	O
,	O
KBFX	B-Language
has	O
spread	O
rapidly	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
nice	O
to	O
see	O
that	O
until	O
end	O
of	O
June	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
already	O
a	O
dozen	O
posts	O
on	O
kde-look	O
with	O
buttons	O
and	O
builds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Now	O
KBFX	B-Language
is	O
no	O
longer	O
just	O
another	O
button	O
design	O
for	O
the	O
K-Menu	O
,	O
but	O
provides	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
it	O
,	O
that	O
is	O
in	O
fact	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
than	O
the	O
XP-Start	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KBFX	B-Language
version	O
0.4.9.3	O
is	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
of	O
the	O
old	O
KBFX	B-Language
code	O
eliminating	O
all	O
the	O
negative	O
points	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KBFX	B-Language
has	O
been	O
tested	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
all	O
GCC	B-Application
3.x	O
and	O
GCC	B-Application
4.x	O
compilers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
tested	O
on	O
systems	O
running	O
the	O
distributions	O
of	O
Gentoo	B-Application
,	O
Debian	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
Suse	O
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
,	O
Mango	O
,	O
Mandriva	O
(	O
formerly	O
Mandrake	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Fedora	O
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unfortunately	O
,	O
compiling	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
systems	O
is	O
yet	O
to	O
be	O
tested	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KBFX	B-Language
Spinx	O
Menu	O
does	O
not	O
try	O
to	O
copy	O
the	O
WinXP	B-Application
Start	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KDE	B-Application
K-Menu	O
is	O
a	O
good	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
flat	O
hierarchical	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
organizes	O
application	B-Application
shortcuts	O
in	O
a	O
tree	O
link	O
structure	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
can	O
expand	O
and	O
open	O
a	O
submenu	O
,	O
with	O
entries	O
displayed	O
based	O
on	O
some	O
logical	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
find	O
and	O
launch	O
an	O
application	B-Application
,	O
the	O
user	O
needs	O
to	O
navigate	O
through	O
the	O
submenus	O
,	O
until	O
he	O
reaches	O
the	O
leaf	O
(	O
leaf	O
node	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
approach	O
is	O
a	O
direct	O
adoption	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
Start	O
Menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
Start	O
Menu	O
is	O
still	O
based	O
on	O
this	O
concept	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
enhanced	O
by	O
the	O
functionalities	O
to	O
pin	O
applications	O
to	O
the	O
left	O
column	O
and	O
the	O
automatically	O
pinned	O
most	O
used	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
still	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
must	O
move	O
the	O
mouse	O
over	O
the	O
half	O
screen	O
,	O
if	O
his	O
menu	O
has	O
many	O
submenus	O
with	O
other	O
submenus	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
application	B-Application
is	O
not	O
one	O
of	O
his	O
most	O
used	O
or	O
pinned	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KBFX	B-Language
Sphinx	O
Menu	O
uses	O
a	O
different	O
approach	O
:	O
the	O
flat	O
indexed	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
left	O
hand	O
side	O
,	O
you	O
are	O
given	O
the	O
application	B-Application
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KBFX	B-Language
has	O
been	O
criticized	O
for	O
not	O
providing	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
launch	O
the	O
menu	O
using	O
the	O
keyboard	O
start	O
button	O
(	O
WinKey	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
the	O
following	O
way	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Now	O
pressing	O
the	O
keyboard	O
's	O
WinKey	O
should	O
launch	O
the	O
KBFX	B-Language
menu	O
.	O
</s>
