Re: [Evolution-hackers] Filling in the Menu Bar: UI questions

[NotZed <notzed helixcode com>]

This is all covered by the gnome style guide isn't it?

Settings/Preferences seems to be the standard way?

I thought most ms apps used view/options, but they are very
inconsistent.

> On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 04:25:02PM -0400, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
> >   I agree.   That was  first introduced by  Netscape and I  think it's
> > broken because  the edit menu  is supposed to  contain editing-related
> > commands. 
> 
> i don't think so, because the 'Preference' option is standard on the Mac,
> and it's always part of the Edit menu. I think it is Netscape that is
> copying the standard Mac beheavior, not the other way around.
> 
> >   Also,  usually the  top-level menu  items are  categories  and their
> > children are actions  (like, edit/cut, file/open and so  on).  In this
> > case, instead, it's more like  verb/object, and I think it's confusing
> > and ugly.
> 
> i agree with you that 'edit/preferences' is a bit weird, however,
> Microsoft's layout is not any better, i think they decided to make it
> 'Tools/Options' instead, and i find that to not be as intuitive as the Mac's.
> 
> >   The preferences should be in "Options" IMHO.
> 
> Well, a seperate top-level "Options" menu would be nice, since you can stuff
> all the component settings into this menu. However, it won't be anymore
> intuitive than any other layout, because ex-Mac users would expect the
> 'Preferences' dialog to be part of the 'Edit' menu, while ex-Windows user
> would try to find some sort of 'Tools/Options' dialog box.
> 
> I think it would be quite pointless to try to find some sort of 'bestest'
> layout, because everyone would have a difficult opinion, depending on their
> computer background. As long as there is a standard set of guidelines for
> which standard 'action' such be placed in which standard top-level menu, i
> think we'll be okay. Consistancy is the key.
> 
> ps. Right now, i think the average beheavior in GNOME apps tend to be
> 'File/Preferences', or something like that. there really isn't a set of
> guidelines for something like that, maybe someone should start working on
> one ;)
> 
> duncan.
> 
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