I created duplicate of this bug for Ubuntu 12.04 beta2: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/982084
The only difference is that now "System Info" is called "Details". It really doesn't matter what you name it, "Default Applications" remains hard to find. Who would think to go to "System Info" OR "Details"? Everything is a detail, so why have an icon called details? Remember how GNOME 2 had the "System" menu? It then had two sub menus: (1) Preferences and (2) Administration. You had everything you needed in 3 steps. Plus, all the user-level options were in one spot, and the system-admin-wide stuff was in another. Everything doesn't need to be reinvented from scratch when you make something new; it seems like a lot of thought was put into GNOME 2 menu organization, and certain conceptual aspects of it should prevail into GNOME 3 and Unity. One unabridged-hierarchical-menu-system ought to be there long side the "GNOME DO" style quick launch features. Getting back on topic. Default applications can be a User Preference (to be enforced when a particular user logs in), or a System Wide setting (that administrators set to be the default when new users are added to the system). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/840402 Title: Default Applications does not belong in System Info(Oneiric)/Details(Precise) Status in GNOME Control Center: New Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: System Settings (gnome-control-center) does not have an item for Default Applications. Instead, this is a part of "System Info". Unfortunately this is a personal setting and not system information, therefore I feel it should be on its own under the "Personal" section. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.1.90-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Sep 3 10:28:06 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110817) SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-27 (6 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/840402/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
