RE: ANNOUNCE: Style Guide available for review.

[Paul Hepworth <phepworth s-vision com>]

> > Menubars should contain a 'File' menu which is the first menu button
> > on the left side.  Usage of the 'File' menu in all GNOME
> applications
> > guarentees a consistant interface, and allows the user to find the
> > 'Exit' or 'Close' function quickly.
> 
> I still can not understand why people think, that Exit and File have
> somthing in common!
> 
> Exit is something that the windowmanager takes care of. And if you
> want
> it in the application create a application menu, which contains some
> other global application entries like "Bug report" of "Preferences".
> 
While I wholeheartedly agree in principle, *so many* people have already
been programmed to expect Exit under File.  (Actually, under the
leftmost menuitem, whatever it is labelled.)
The leftmost menuitem, whether labeled "file" and merged with file
actions or not, can be thought of as the application menu.  Exit does
belong here.  Pretend that "File" really says "Application and File."


Paul