On the correct placement of "About.."

[Bowie Poag <bjp primenet com>]

Ah, good! Less politics, more meat!

Soren Howard wrote,
> > Well, it's a good idea, and it is logical, but I think that this is one
> > area where it's just fine to leave things the way they are.  "About"
> > is--in my understanding--short for "About this application."  IOW, what it
> > is, what version it is, what the copyright is, what license it's under, 
> > and who wrote it. The author/email stuff is part of the "who wrote it" so
> > this is probably just better left alone.  Plus, it keeps things in *one*
> > box instead of three, and I hate wasted space (and GNOME wastes too much
> > screen space already).  Also, this is the way it's been done for a LONG
> > time--since before Windows, so you can't blame it on them.
> > 
>
 
 This kinda stuff falls right into line with what has been proposed by the
 addition of a (Program/Gnome/(foot)) entry in the menu bar. Pick one, I
 suppose:
 
 Program  File  Edit  View  Options  Help  Preferences
 Gnome    File  Edit  View  Options  Help  Preferences
 (foot)   File  Edit  View  Options  Help  Preferences
 
 Menu *entries* like "About.."  "How to Register.." , "How to Contact The
 Author.." , etc, are all the domain of the (Program/Gnome/(foot)) menu.

Bowie