Re: In support of Bowie

["Dan Kaminsky" <effugas best com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Vogt <tom@lemuria.org>
To: gnome-gui-list@gnome.org <gnome-gui-list@gnome.org>
Date: Saturday, August 01, 1998 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: In support of Bowie


>Dan Kaminsky <effugas@best.com> wrote:
>> Sorting by category--like the icewm pic you didn't like--appears to be
the
>> *only* way to really organize apps.
>
>just two remarks to that:
>
>1) even if you sort by alphabet, don't make it a religion. things like
>"help" do NOT belong between "graphics" and "math". :)


Agreed...we should have help, then a separator, then a list of categories.
Help IS different.

>2) it's a typical coder approach. as such, it doesn't necessarily appeal to
>computer-novices.


Got something better than a category approach assisted with a runbox?

>
>> 1)  Can/should the style guide mandate an installation style?
(Application
>> must generate optional entrance into category/subcategory upon
installation)
>
>you know my answer.
>application should install into menu, subject to user configuration.


Should or must?