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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Why the K-Menu sucks
From:       Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero () redhat ! de>
Date:       2000-10-30 17:51:46
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Antonio Larrosa wrote:

> We already have submenus in kicker, what are they used for ?
> ... Guess what ? ... to Categorize the applications !

Yes, but it's quite annoying to have to click through a lot of one-entry
menus... Using the submenus to do all the categorization would mean stuff
like
K > Applications > Internet > Mail Clients > KMail
Which is quite time-consuming to select.

> Think for example in this: We already have a submenu "Editors"
> with all the editors, why don't we have a submenu "Mail Clients" ?

Because by default, we have only one (and most newbies will tell you
"why do you have 200 mail clients? I want to use one!"), and submenus for
only one entry aren't very nice.

> What will we have next ? a submenu "Editors" and inside of it
> items like "KWrite (Editor)", "KEdit (Editor)", "Emacs (Editor)" ?
> That's absurd.

Sure - everything can be overdone.

> Also, saying that we should use descriptive names and then saying
> KMail/Konqueror should be handled in a different way because they
> have a "known" name is wrong (IMHO).

Agreed - it's why I like the "extra field in desktop file" suggestion.
People who prefer it can see "KMail", "Konqueror" and all - people who
don't have a clue can see "Web Browser", "Mail Client" etc. to help them
get started.

LLaP
bero

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