Re: Gnome desktop files doesn't follow the freedesktop standards

[Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandrakesoft com>]

Le jeu 30/10/2003 à 11:05, Telsa Gwynne a écrit :
> Getting slightly off-topic here, but..
> 
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 02:16:46PM -0800 or thereabouts, Bob Smith wrote:
> > Hmm... How about a submenu? Display the generic name. If there is a
> > conflict in the generic name, make a submenu containing the names of the
> > conflicting items. ex:
> > 
> > Web Browser -> Epiphany
> >                Mozilla
> 
> Dunno whether they still do, but didn't Mandrake do this at one stage?
> 
> I want to -> Surf the web -> using Epiphany
>                              using Konqueror
>                              using Mozilla
>           -> Read email -> using Evolution
>                         -> using Kmail
> 
> ..etc? Or something like that? I liked that. I thought it was a good
> way to include both. It is an extra layer of sub-menus, though, and 
> I can't remember whether there was a "using default application" thing
> at the top. 

Not exactly.. We have an optional "Task based menu" which only say
"Browse the Web", "Read my Email" and so on.. The apps is chosen based
on your current desktop environment (kmail when using KDE, evolution
when using GNOME).

My only problem when using generic name is when people will install
various browsers. It is not really a problem for GNOME itself, but for
distributors, but I'm afraid it will be hard to solve..

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Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandrakesoft com>
Mandrakesoft