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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Why the K-Menu sucks
From:       Lotzi Boloni <boloni () cplane ! com>
Date:       2000-10-30 16:30:10
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> You are being just a tad on the short-sighted side, here.  KMail may
> be our standard mail client now (it's the only one we ship)... but say
> Empath (or more likely) Magellan take off in the future and we decide
> to ship that one as the "standard mail client".  Now when the user
> upgrades to KDE 3.0 and clicks on "Mail Client", a completely
> different mail client pops up!

  And not to mention that there might be commercial programs which
wouldn't be happy with their names commoditized. And even free application
writers would surely opt for having the name visible, like "Magellan
mailer" etc. 

  On the other hand, at least for some applications like Keystone and Kit
or KWin4 we MUST provide an descriptive extension, as there is no way
somebody can find them out what they mean, and there is a strong chance
that users will go out surfing the net to download a VNC client maybe
never finding out that there is on the machine. 

  Maybe at least we need to provide tips with these less known
applications?

            Lotzi



> 
> I think hiding information like this from the user is a Really Bad
> Idea.  If you are going to go forward with the (IMO unnecessary) step
> of putting descriptive titles in the K Menu, then *every* one should
> also have the name.  Doing otherwise is just irresponsible.
> 

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