On 10/12/06, Steven Garrity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As it stands, most Gnome desktops have two About items on the > System/Desktop menu. One is About Gnome, the other is About > [Distro-name] (Fedora, Ubuntu, etc.). > > Two menu items for such infrequently accessed, but necessary, > information seems unnecessary. > > I would like to propose these two menu items be merged into one "About > this Computer" menu item. Under this item, both the Gnome information > *and* the distro-specific information would be shown. > > I'm not sure how best to show both Gnome and Distro info in one window > would be. It could be a split screen, show one by default with a button > for the other, or have tabs, like we do for "Written by" and "Translated > by" in the Credits box in many apps. > > Merging these could items together would make a frequently used menu > (also contains Shutdown, Logout, Help, etc.) one item smaller, and > hence, a little bit easier to use. > > > I have also posted this proposal on the wiki for people to add > links/info/comments/issues: > http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityTeam/AboutMenuItems > > So, does it make any sense?
Yes, this makes a great deal of sense. However, there are two issues that I see. The first is, what do distros think abou this? Do they feel that the about dialog is good branding? Second, a better term than About this Computer needs to be found. After all, the dialog is about *some* of the software on this machine, not the computer itself. Corey _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
