Re: GNOME 2.0 Menu design

[Michael Rogers <banthafodder connectfree co uk>]

Seth Nickell wrote:
> That users have a hard time figuring out the version number may be a
> problem (I think about box is fine, but whatever), but why is this a
> problem that should be solved at the launcher? Why does it help the user
> to know what version of a program is installed in the menu itself? I can
> think of some minor usefulness (on a new computer I might notice that
> the Mozilla was M19 and choose to run NS4.x instead), but none
> sufficient to really justify the extra text.

The version number in the menu may not match the version number of the
executable, if the .desktop file was created by hand and the executable
was subsequently upgraded. Putting version numbers in the menu will only
cause confusion.

Michael