Re: Menu Ideas

[sun <as387 yfn ysu edu>]

John R Sheets wrote:
> 
> sun wrote:
> 
> > i cast my vote for the document/file/picture menu. "print picture" makes
> > a complete, clear sentence and therefore makes logical sense.
> 
> Me too.  I like the idea that menu selections should make simple, intuitive,
> real-language statements.  Of course, the problem with this is that it requires
> all top-level menus to be verbs, and all submenus to be nouns.
> 
> I would be happy with the Program/foot/tmfkap menu being the only explicitly-named
> menu for GNOME (depending on whether we put Help in the foot too, or keep it out
> as a discrete menu).  The second menu would always be named after the primary
> function of the app...File/Game/Document/Sound/Session/Image...  I dunno, whatever
> works.  The contents of this second menu would be heavily regulated, and would
> always include the Open & Close items, plus most of the standard items normally
> associated with the File menu.  Consistency would be critical for that second
> menu.

very concisely stated. thanks for putting it so well.

> P.S.--sun, I missed it...where did you get "tmfkap"?

it's a tribute to tom vogt. "the menu formerly known as 'prog'"
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