On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 01:33 -0400, Bryan Clark wrote: > On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 08:15 +0300, Tommi Komulainen wrote: > > > > How is this scheme supposed to work with 'preferred applications' > > preferences? At the moment I can pick my favorite web browser but > > whenever I start the "Web Browser" from the menus I get Epiphany > > instead. Same for all other 'preferred applications' - something else > > is started from the menus. > > Yes, this is the situation where you have an alternate browser installed > in parallel to the GNOME Web Browser and have chosen it to be your > default. > > So you installed your favorite browser and it is called "Favorite Web > Browser", and is listed so in the Preferred applications menu. This > doesn't change what the GNOME Web Browser is, just that you have a > preference of what you want to be your default browser. Yes, that's my preferred 'Web Browser' (as written in the preferred applications capplet) and that's the one that should be started when I select a menu item labelled 'Web Browser' The problem is that the plain generic name is just misleading if it doesn't follow the preferred application preference. The connection between the two needs to be more clearly specified, or rather the case when the preference is ignored. > This desktop spec doesn't create the WinXP style menu where whatever is > your default browser is what the Desktop calls "Internet". Although I'm > not saying that isn't a nice way of doing things. The desktop spec > controls how the menu items are displayed according to what the > applications really are. The application selected in the preferred applications capplet doesn't necessarily have a menu item of its own. IMHO any generic 'Web Browser' kind of menu item should start whatever the chosen preferred application is, and all applications should have the '<name> <genericname>' label. That setting would simply always do the right thing. Then it's a different question whether to show both '<genericname>' and '<name> <genericname>' items when both refer to the same application. -- Tommi Komulainen tommi komulainen iki fi GPG 1024D/68388EE6 6FD6 DD79 EB38 BF6F 3533 09C0 04A8 9871 6838 8EE6
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