About: About

[Stephan Pfab <pfab thales sai mathematik uni-ulm de>]

If the word "about" would be used as the "About" menu:

  About:
  version 13.47
  author: Jow Smith
  mail: js@somewhere.com

Silly isn't it.

For this kind of information (version ...)
we really should have a different menu entry,
e.g.: "Credits" or "Version"

About should give the user a short description of what the program does.
As in:

  about:
  A word pointing to the meaning or function of things.
  e.g. "What is this about ?"


(Reference: About Face by Alan Cooper)


The help menu should have "Help" "About" "Credits" 

Help: as it says
About: short description of the program
Credits: version, author, email


Ciao
Stephan