Re: App menu Help/About consistency

[Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>]

Jim Nelson <jim yorba org> wrote:
...
> We've done this many times at Yorba, asking ourselves "What does gedit do in
> that case?" or "What does Nautilus do?"  It doesn't mean those are the final
> word on our design, but they suggest to us how the GNOME designers think an
> app should be modeled.  We want to be good GNOME desktop citizens, and core
> and blessed apps are guides toward that end.
...

I think you've got a good point here about the core apps serving as
templates for 3rd parties. Indeed, following the lead of the core apps
is something that I've recommended in the HIG.

Allan