SV: Menu Guidelines
- From: "Blad, John Erling" <john erling blad aftenposten no>
- To: usability gnome org
- Subject: SV: Menu Guidelines
- Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 18:24:40 +0200
>In scenarios where the application doesn't support documents,
>'Application' should replace 'File'. Besides games, I can
>think of CD players, system monitors, and instant messaging
>that don't use documents. Allowing developers to
>chose any menu name to replace 'File' introduces confusion
>to users. When the user sees 'Application' as the first
>menu, they should immediately know they are using a stateless
>tool.
There are a good number of apps using "Window" for this.
John
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