Desktop Preferences/System Configuration

[Glynn Foster <Glynn Foster Sun COM>]

> Is it time to talk about Desktop Preferences/System Configuration >
again?

Okay, so might not be entirely useful, I thought I'd mention what we did
with JDS in terms of a restructure. It might not be the best setup, but
at least it acts as a platform for discussions ;)


Preferences >     Accessibility   >   Assistive Technology Support
				      Keyboard

		  Advanced        >   CD Database Server
				      CD Device Options [1]
				      File Associations
				      Panel [2]
				      Preferred Applications
				      Sessions

		  Display         >   Background
				      Font
				      Menus & Toolbars
				      Screen Resolution
				      Screensaver
				      Theme
				      Window Behavior

		  Keyboard	  >   Behavior
				      Multimedia Keys
				      Shortcuts

		  Folders
		  Internet
		  Mouse
		  Sound
		  System

Selecting 'System' opens up a system-settings:/// view in Nautilus where
we .desktop'd all the various YaST modules and put them into some degree
of separation -

	Hardware
	Network Settings
	Software and Services

and had a number of toplevel items, which didn't really fit anywhere -
	Language
	Profile Manager
	Support Query
	Time Zone
	Users and Groups

The YaST modules that didn't really relate to system settings eg. online
update, backup generation, boot floppy, volume manager we put under 

	Applications > System Tools > Administration

We figured that the system settings weren't likely to be used all that
often, so hiding them away in another window probably wasn't a bad
thing, while some of the day to day task needed to be more prominent
within the menus. They're still available to the average user, since
we're using userhelper to prompt for an admin password.

Glynn


[1] Magicdev
[2] Wow, this really is a pretty useless preference dialog ;)