Ubuntu 12.04 will come with Gnome 3.4

The current thinking on this is roughly as follows:

• Static dash menu extensions or jumplists are not that interesting, we want to focus on the application menu. (For jumplists, see this page).

• The app menu needs to be dynamic (i.e. apps need to have a way to update the menu contents as their state changes), to accomodate sensitivity changes of actions, and e.g. window state (fullscreen / not fullscreen)
• While submenus in the shell are nicer than GTK+ submenus, it is best to avoid submenus as far as possible
• The menu needs to support controls such as
  • toggles
  • radio groups with title
  • separators

• We need a global design for edit menu replacements, this is very similar in all apps (see GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/Selections)

• Loss of discoverability of keyboard shortcuts is a concern; this should be addressed in GTK+ by providing a shortcut overview screen for each window (similar to what google apps show when you press '?')
• 'Portability' could be a concern that keeps apps from dropping their menus