Re: Location of Desktop Preferences menu (was Reducing the number of special uris in gnome)

["James M. Cape" <jcape ignore-your tv>]

On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 10:07, Eugene O'Connor wrote:
> Here's a suggestion:
> 
> Replace
> 
> Applications               Actions
> ============               =======
> Accessories >              Run Program...
> Desktop Preferences >      Search for Files...
> :                          Take a Screenshot...
> :                          -----------------
> :                          Lock Display
> :                          Log Out
> 
> with
> 
> Applications               Desktop
> ============               =======
> Accessories >              Run Program...
> :                          Search for Files...
> :                          Take a Screenshot...
> :                          -----------------
> :                          Lock Display
> :                          Log Out
> :                          -----------------
> :                          Preferences > 

I think "Desktop" is better than "Actions", but "GNOME" is better still.
For most users, and in other places in the UI, "Desktop" refers to the
desktop/root window: in the default case, nautilus icons. It also
promotes a cleaner ideological separation between GNOME & the
applications which use/require GNOME. GNOME2 vs. GNOME2 applications,
etc.

* Applications   [GNOME]
                 +------------------+
                 |* Run Program...  |
                 |* Search...       |
                 |* Take Screenshot |
                 |==================|
                 |* Preferences...  |
                 |* Lock Display    |
                 |* Log Out         |
                 +------------------+

Also noticible from this organization is the thought that the menu for
"Desktop Preferences" should go away in favor of a simple .desktop
launching gnome-control-center. Definately much simpler for beginning
users, and not particularly more overhead, since nautilus is now much
quicker, and gnomecc is not slow to start by any means.

This also lessens the criticism about "the preferences no longer being
centralized."

Peace,

    Jim Cape
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