Re: Menus

[John Fairhurst <mjf35 hermes cam ac uk>]

On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Tom Vogt wrote:
> as much as I like configurability, why fix what ain't broken? or in other
> words: where is the actual advantage of customizable menus? I fail to see
> how the user gains, except for having something to play around with.

   Maybe `broken' is in the eye of the beholder, at least to a certain
extent?  There's something quite appealing (at least to me) in the notion
of assembling a `favourites' menu of commands I use often.  I guess full
accelerator key support would alleviate this.

   I do take your point about the amount of work involved; but I wonder if
it would only have to be done once: something like externalizing (part
of?) the GnomeUIInfo stuff used to build menus.  Erm, I haven't thought
about that much.

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John Fairhurst
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