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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: KDE main menu
From:       Alistair Davidson <lord_inh () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2001-11-11 11:58:28
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David Hugh-Jones wrote:

>

> 3. Consider moving applications to a separate submenu. This could be 
> annoying, but my thought is that advanced users can edit the menu to have 
> their favourite appmenus in the main menu.


I agree strongly.


Day one of my HCI course: Don't have more than 5-9 menu tiems in a single 
group. You overload people's short-term memory.


It's true, too. I find the KDE menu confusing, and I'm a coder!

-- 
Alistair Davidson
Read my comic, Bizmatch! http://www.altgeek.org/lord_inh/comic/index.html
"Disloyalty in a democracy is to stop asking questions."


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