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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Why the K-Menu sucks
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-10-29 18:41:00
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On Sunday 29 October 2000 02:47, Matthias Elter wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 12:48:31PM +0200, Matthias Ettrich wrote:
> > Just so I know I understood you: The optional entry will automatically be
> > used if there are two equal name fields in a menu?
> >
> > For example: The user runs a standard KDE setup. In the Internet
> > cathegory, there's an entry "E-Mail". Now, the very moment another mail
> > client gets installed, there might be two entries like:
> >
> >        "E-Mail (KMail)"
> >        "E-Mail (Netscape)"
>
> No, not automatically. What I mean is that we should decide on one standard
> application, like KMail for mail clients and not add a suffix to those.
> That means the KMail entry will always be "Mail Client" no matter if there
> is a second mail client installed or not.

I like the idea of having

"Mail-Client (KMail)"
"Mail-Client (Netscape)"

I'm very much opposed to using "Mail-Client" without the application name. 
Why would you hide this name from the user? Is he too stupid to understand 
that?

Cheers,
Waldo


> > Looks very reasonable to me. There's also no point in having "KDE " all
> > over the place (like "KDE System Guard" ).
>
> Agreed
>
> Bye,
> Matthias

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