Re: PROPOSAL: UISG Menu Line Standardization

[Bowie Poag <bjp primenet com>]

> 
> What if their is no online help available? Would the Help menu still
> exist, with About as the only menu option? Seems a little odd to have an
> entire toplevel menu that only contains the one menu item, especially
> one that would make just as much sense to be placed under Program... 

Under the UISG, if no application-specific help is available, a simple
generic document for "Help with using GNOME" appears by default.

> 
> >  o View, Options, and Preferences are contingent items, present
> >    only when required by the app. They are not manditory.
> 
> Why the distinction between options and preferences - what's the diff?
>

Thanks for asking, first of all.

The difference between options and preferences is simple.

Options = Simple toggles which are randomly, and frequently adjusted
          by the user, in the course of using the program.

Preferences = Allows the user to specify the default state in which
              the application presents its Options to the user at
              start time. Also used for setting stuff like default paths
              for file access, etc -- Infrequently adjusted, application-
              specific settings belong in preferences.

Bowie