Re: The Help Menu

[Joachim Schlesener <jos heise de>]

On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Tom Vogt wrote:

> "M.Watson" <redline@intrex.net> wrote:
> > > 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
> > 
> > I think it would be bad to over-use the GNOMEprint in such a fashion. It
> > already has a use, which is to signify menus/drawers on the panel.
> 
> so do I think, but this is a controversial topic and we weren't able to
> resolve it two weeks ago. :)
> 
> > "About" should stay under help, because (1) that is where it has always
> > been, and (2) knowing the copyright and version info is a form of
> > "Help." Besides, do we have to flaunt convention simply because we can?
> 
> no. but we should if it makes more sense. to me, "about" makes more sense in
> a "program" menu.
> 
> 
Well, but i think, the 'Help' is the better place, because the
'Program/File' menu will normally hold more entries than 'Help' and as
is stated above, its not totally misleading.

Joachim