Couple of quick follow-ups while I think of them... On 9 Mar 2006, at 13:27, Calum Benson wrote:
> Okay, I can think of three ways of doing this: > > Menu entry Tool tip > ---------- -------- > Firefox Web Browser Browse the world wide web > Web Browser - Firefox Browse the world wide web > Web Browser Firefox: Browse the world wide web > > Any preferences? The main concerns I'd have with putting the app > name right on the menu is that (a) it might get a bit cluttered, > and (b) it might look a bit ugly on those menus where some app > names start with capitals (Firefox), and some with lower case > letters (jEdit). Also, in no particular order: - there are obviously a lot of apps that start with "g", which may or may not make things look a bit strange and hard to scan (especially if we put the binary name first) - some of the app names just re-iterate the function of the app, e.g. "gnome-terminal Terminal" is frankly just a bit a silly :) But if we only show it for some of them, it looks messy and inconsistent... - some app names (e.g. gnome-terminal again) will start to expose the "gnome" concept, which JDS has always tried not to do if possible, as historically we've targeted users who shouldn't generally know or care what desktop they're using. >> PREFERENCES >> - Why is "About me" not "About (username)"? > > Good question... just lifted this one straight from the community. > About <username> would make more sense I think. Although on further thought, that's probably not easily possible, given that the application name is taken directly from a static source (the .desktop file). Maybe it just needs to be called "Personal Information" or something instead? Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:calum.benson at sun.com Java Desktop System Team http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems
