On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> Bryan Paxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 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
>
> I don't know where you found this entry.
Programs is a gnome top level menu : )
> The only category that is a little screwed is "Applications".
>
Yes Apllications is a gross : )
>
>
> [...]
>
> > > 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.
>
> Well, we can't do much with only 6 entries :-).
>
> > But above is a perfect example of what not to put in gnome and kde menus.
>
> ok.
>
> > 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.
>
> Yes, but that's against gnu/linux general spirit. Each person have his
> favourite app for doing such thing; also it's good to have multiple
> ways/approaches to do the same thing.
*nod* I was off on a rant. : )
> > 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.
>
> Ismaller install you won't be bothered :-).
Baaaaa this isn't about _me_ I never even use the damn menus.
This is about what _I_ think would make the end-user happy, and how the
current menu system can't make anyone happy.
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