Re: The Help Men

[Tim Moore <tmoore tembel org>]

On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Bowie Poag wrote:

> 
> > John R Sheets <dusk@smsi-roman.com> wrote:
> > > Question:
> > > 
> > > What should the behaviour of the Help menu item be if no help
> > > exists for an app?  Should it be grayed out (and if so, how will
> > > it know of the help file's existence?)?
> > 
> > the current style guide (see gnome.org) suggests that help ALWAYS has at
> > least one item: the about box.
> > 
> 
> Bad idea. 
> 
> About does not belong under Help, because it has nothing to do with the
> concept of "Help". Simply because no other suitable place can be
> immediately thought of for where to put it, doesnt mean that we should
> throw it under Help, IMHO. That would be just as illogical a move as if we
> were to throw it under Edit, or something equally uncalled-for.
> 
> The final draft (again, after a fully formed document has been released,
> looked at, and subsequently revised by the public a gazillion times before
> it becomes a FINAL DRAFT) will likely propose a new addition to the
> standard gamut of "File / Edit / View / Options / Help / Preferences" ..
> For example, I see nothing wrong with:
> 
> +-+---------------------------------------------+-+-+
> |O| Application                                 |^|X|
> +=+=============================================+=+=+
> | 8'  File  Edit  View  Options  Preferences        |   
> +---------------------------------------------------+
> |  +-                                               |
> |  |\                                               |
> |    \                                              |
> |   Little Gnome Footprint                          |
> 
> A simple little Gnome Footprint present in the menu bar of each apps
> window would do the trick nicely, at first thought. I'm open to
> suggestions. Even yours, Tom. ;) hee
> 
> Bowie
> 
> 
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