>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Chris> Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> * You need to limit menus to no more than 15 items, 10 is >> better. Otherwise they won't fit on some screens. Chris> This is a whole 'nuther ball of wax. Joost mentioned this Chris> when I discussed menus with him. The problem is that you Chris> cannot predict which packages will be installed, so you need Chris> to write some sort of intelligent heuristics. If you just Chris> create a wider, deeper set of categories, you're going to end Chris> up with all sorts of nearly-empty menus on a lot of peoples Chris> systems (most?). Which is Not Good. There is a *lot* of Chris> work involved in trying to achieve this one. Therefore, I Chris> suggest we ignore this issue until we come up with a Good Chris> scheme. I think it'd be better to fix window managers so that they can cope with long menus, à la WindowMaker for instance. A decent window manager should be able to do this. Laurent
