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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: konqueror's location menu
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-05-30 22:48:33
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On Tue, 30 May 2000, David Faure wrote:
> On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 09:25:30AM +0200, Stefan Taferner wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Is it only me, or is there an obvious break in standards if the file
> > menu is named "Location" ?
> >
> > Having the "Open new window" in the file menu too would
> > be very practical too, as it is there in all other apps.
>
> Ah ah... This is going to be fun ;-)
>
> I organised the menus so that the first one could be File,
> but then it was almost empty (only new, edit mimetypes and properties).
> But that was very much file manager specific.
> In fact, as Waldo pointed out and implemented, in konqueror as a generic
> browser, the main object is not a file but a location.
>
> So yes, konqueror doesn't have File as the first menu. Think about
> it : it is a standard to have File, yes, but does that always make sense ?
> In a game, the first item should be game (per the style guide) for
> that same reason: it's the primary object of the application.
>
> In konqueror, the primary object is: Location.
>
> IMHO application designers should start to think about making
> sensible decisions instead of blindly following a standard which
> doesn't always apply.

I couldn't have said it better.

Cheers,
Waldo

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