I was told on debian-gtk-gnome that this was the place to discuss this, so I suscribed, lurked a while, and here goes: ----- Forwarded message from John R Lenton <john grulic org ar> ----- > Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:57:25 -0300 > From: John R Lenton <john grulic org ar> > Subject: problems in gnome menu > To: debian-gtk-gnome lists debian org > > Hi all. > > My wife has been using gnome for a while now and she brought my > attention to some things she finds unnatural (or counterintuitive) in > the gnome menu. I can see her point of view, and I agree to most of > what she says: > > * "/Applications/Desktop Preferences" contains preferences for lots > of things, as well as the Desktop. Things like acme (the > multimedia keys system tray applet thingie---this, btw, seems to > be the only way to launch acme), gpilotd, and everything under > "System Tools". The menu itself "works", once you realize that it > should be called "Preferences" and not "Desktop Preferences". > > * xscreensaver settings are in "/Applications/Desktop > Preferences/Advanced". How is a screensaver advanced? > > * "/Applications/System Tools" holds things that are Actions and that > should be in the "/Actions" menu: > > "Floppy Formatter" > "New login" > "New login in a nested window" > "Run as a different user (GKsu)" > > (the last one seems particularly obvious, seein as how "Run > Application..." is in "/Actions"; also it should probably have > an ellipsis), things that should be in "/Applications/Desktop > Preferences/Advanced": > > "Configuration Editor" > > and things that should be in "/Applications/Desktop > Preferences/System Tools": > > "GDM Configurator" > > * "/Applications" and "/Actions" don't behave the same wrt > right-click (with "/Actions" treating right click the same as left > click and "/Applications" treating right click as the rest of the > universe does). I myself am still trying to reach the rationale > behind this decision. > > > I think that's about it; I'm sure she'll remind me if I forgot > anything. > > Hmm, this might be more useful going to some gnome list... anyone any > ideas as to which one? > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- John Lenton (john grulic org ar) -- Random fortune: La mitad está hecha cuando tienen buen principio las cosas. -- Fernando de Rojas. (1475-1541) Escritor español.
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