[system-tools]Re: Proposal for a new g-c-c menu layout for GNOME 2.8

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

On 26/03/04 08:22, Carlos Garnacho wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here's a proposal for a new control center menu layout, my main
> objectives are to allow an easier integration of "external" apps into
> the g-c-c and to somewhat avoid the growing clutter in the menu.
>
> my proposal (+ several screenshots to explain it) are in 
> http://www.ultimaorbita.com/~garnacho/control-center-proposal/
>
> There's still no definitive patch for it, but I'll attach one when we
> arrive to a definitive solution. Any thoughts, opinions, flames?
>  
The main problem with the design is that it is a move back to the bad 
old days for the preferences menu.  Rather than drilling down two levels 
of menus to get to the common control panels (which some people think is 
one too many), your design would require going through three levels of 
menus to get to any control panel at all.  It also makes it easier for 
people to add lots of extra control panels to the tree, which most 
people don't see as a benefit.

On the subject of where to put things like gnome-system-tools under 
preferences, what are the benefits of doing this as opposed to having a 
separate tree? (eg. "System Settings" as on Fedora/Red Hat)  A boot 
loader configuration tool doesn't sound like the sort of thing I'd want 
mixed in with per-user settings.  As multi-user systems become more 
common, I'd think separating out the global and per-user settings would 
be a good thing.  (eg. Windows XP prompts you to enter the names of all 
the users who will be using the machine during install and sets up 
accounts for them).

James.

--
Email: james daa com au
WWW:   http://www.daa.com.au/~james/