Well why not… ( any related to More featured menu ? )
But having different « app-menu » has no interest if it’s only esthetic and does not add features.
Who needs another app-menu and to some extend who ever needs an app-menu ? When you discover your new DE, yes, but once you get used to it, you “pin” your favorites ( in dock or panel or wherever you like ) or know their names to launch them ( by the many ways to launch an app ).
Actual Budgie App-menu is not bad but could be better, with :
⋅ a full browsing experience with arrows and tab keys ( today it’s not, you can’t « go » into categories nor switch from category to app list columns )
⋅ a recent category with a list of the recently used app’s,
⋅ besides the recent app’s used, also add categories for recent files AND places,
⋅ for the sake of discoverability, a list of recently installed app’s that would disappear once such app’s would have been launched at least once or twice,
⋅ and some choice in settings regarding all these, like size of the window, number of items listed, which category you want to appear or not, the default view…
( edit, as mentioned below ⋅ right click on icon for their actions list, if any )
Yes it’s a mix of dashboard + recent-frequent activities + menu-app, all in one place at one click reach, a mix between unity’s dash and xfce’s whisker menu.
Wish I knew how to do that, or at least « draw » some mockups.