On Wed, 09 Aug 2000, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> Bryan Paxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > They're way too kludgy, trying to navigate through these beasts is a
> > nightmare. That would be my main problem as of now(though I mainly use
>
> Why? They are sorted within categories. What should be done?
The catergories are screwed. They're either bunched together too much or
split up so you have to break down 3 or 4 sub-menus before you can get to
what you want.
e.g.: Programs -> Multimedia -> sound -> grip
IMHO it should be Programs -> Multimedia -> grip
or here's another one
Programs -> Multimedia -> Graphics -> gimp
IMHO it should be Programs -> Graphics -> gimp
By trying to make the menu system nice and neat it has become too complex.
>
> > the CLI). But seriously, open one up and take a good look, it's a
> > complete mess. And come on, a normal user isn't gonna need access to a
> > lot of the garbage that's put in the menus.
>
> Yes, some things are "too much". Please name them, we shall surely delete
> most of this "too much" feeling.
Well I've deleted a bunch on my own but let's see what I can dig from what I
have right now.
These are some gnome menu entires:
IDLE
Python
GUILE
gdb
pico
lynx
Those are just a few, but like I said I deleted almost all of the menu
entires.
But above is a perfect example of what not to put in gnome and kde menus.
As far as the X apps that _I_ feel shouldn't be there(or even included in the
distro for that matter), well maybe you should have a vote. And the X apps I
speak of are apps like xedit and applications like that which I feel that no
one even uses, I could very well be wrong on that though.
Another way to help clean up the menus is to decide which app is the best for
the job, once again a vote would solve this. What I mean by this is simply
there's applications that perform the same job.
Programs -> Multimedia -> Sound -> Audio mixer(which is gmix)
and
Programs -> Multimedia -> Sound -> aumix
They both to their own capabilties perform the exact same job, and there is
no need for both of them to be put in the menus IMHO, I could be wrong on
this as well though.
MMFH................... to be continued ? : )
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