Re: About: About

[Joachim Schlesener <jos heise de>]

On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Bowie Poag wrote:

> 
> 
> Ah, good.. less politics, more meat!
> 
> > Well, it's a good idea, and it is logical, but I think that this is one
> > area where it's just fine to leave things the way they are.  "About"
> > is--in my understanding--short for "About this application."  IOW, what it
> > is, what version it is, what the copyright is, what license it's under, 
> > and who wrote it. The author/email stuff is part of the "who wrote it" so
> > this is probably just better left alone.  Plus, it keeps things in *one*
> > box instead of three, and I hate wasted space (and GNOME wastes too much
> > screen space already).  Also, this is the way it's been done for a LONG
> > time--since before Windows, so you can't blame it on them.
> > 
> 
> This kinda stuff falls right into line with what has been proposed by the
> addition of a (Program/Gnome/(foot)) entry in the menu bar. Pick one, I
> suppose:
> 
> Program  File  Edit  View  Options  Help  Preferences
> Gnome    File  Edit  View  Options  Help  Preferences
> (foot)   File  Edit  View  Options  Help  Preferences
> 
> Menu *entries* like "About.."  "How to Register.." , "How to Contact The
> Author.." , etc, are all the domain of the (Program/Gnome/(foot)) menu.
> 

I think these are exactly the entries, that should go under 'Help'.
If not these what else would you place under Help?

Joachim