On 21 Jul 2001 22:17:01 +0100, Edward Avis wrote:
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> On 21 Jul 2001, Scott Swaim wrote:
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> [usability]
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> >(3) Programs of a like nature should be grouped together, rather than
> >divided into different groups. For instance, Gnapster and Gnome-napster
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> Wouldn't it be better to just pick a *single* Napster client and put
> that in an obvious place in the menus? Having 4 different apps to do
> the same thing is not ideal for newbies who will not understand the
> nuances of KDE vs GNOME vs plain GTK vs whatever.
Yes, I agree, but what if the user goes through the individual package
selection screen and chooses to install more than one? I think that
they should all be listed in the same place. And if one user chooses one
napster client, and another user chooses a different one, I think it's
important for those napster clients to be located in the same place. If
I were a tech support person helping someone over the phone, I would
want to have a very good idea where to have the user look for various
applications. It can be extremely difficult to walk someone through how
to do something when you have no idea where to look for what you need.
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> In cases where the apps are not identical, it makes sense to give a
> choice. For example you might provide two or three different vector
> drawing programs if they have different strengths and weaknesses.
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> I'm not saying that the choice shouldn't be there, I'm just saying that
> having several similar-but-not-identical tools appearing next to each
> other in the menu is not really any better than having them in different
> places.
I can't think of many instances in which it would not be a good idea
(there probably are some, but I can't think of any right off hand). For
graphics programs, it might be a good idea to separate them into
separate groups such as "Vector-Drawing" and "Bitmap-Editing."
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