Re: Menus

[Tom Vogt <tom lemuria org>]

John R Sheets <dusk@smsi-roman.com> wrote:
> I suppose there's no specific advantage to trimming menus per se, if that was a
> standalone feature (i.e. implemented for its sake alone, not as the side effect of a
> greater functionality).  But I would say that the more customizability we give the user
> (and--here's the point--the administrator), the better things will be for the greater
> whole.  If we make it easy to turn off, there is no reason we should avoid this feature
> (aside from coding/implementation details).

I assume that administrators are quite capable to disable three lines in the
sourcecode to take out menu items they don't want. this is something where
customized menus are useful, like public internet terminals or suchlike. but
in most of these cases, you have to edit in the source anyway.


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