Lancelot and Raptor menu – the other way.
Lancelot and Raptor are alternative menus intended for KDE 4. We are, however, at the frosty point, and we should ask ourselves the most important question here – which one to choose, and are they sufficiently mature and functional at all to compete with the default menu? Let’s look at them closely then to know the answer.
Lancelot
Just after my recent review, a commit appeared, which added a decoration that matched to the Air style. It indeed gave Lancelot a completely different nature. Lancelot is probably pretty close to what it’s intended for. It looks very appealing, and just after few moments of seeking around, we can say with all responsibility that it simply does it.
Similar to the one in default menu KDE we can choose from several groups, sorted by specific tasks: contacts, applications, computer and the search bar.
Lancelot comes with pretty good configuration capabilities as well.
Raptor
There was some buzz about Raptor for a long time now. It was even quite commonly considered as “revolutionary”. It is in fact the least complicated form of starting-up and searching for programs. Unfortunately it’s sad, but true, that Raptor stays way behind, and the way it works resembles KRunner a lot. Anyway, Raptor deserves its praises for the simplicity and speed. One of Raptor’s weakest points is that it doesn’t offer any configuration possibilities beside selecting a keyboard shortcut.
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