From kde-usability  Fri Aug 22 22:32:11 2003
From: Sander Devrieze <s.devrieze () pandora ! be>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 22:32:11 +0000
To: kde-usability
Subject: Re: K Menu Categories
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Op vrijdag 22 augustus 2003 23:48, schreef William Leese:
> Sander Devrieze wrote:
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> >Op vrijdag 22 augustus 2003 23:02, schreef William Leese:
> ><snip>
> >
> >>3. Office holds all KOffice applications. By changing the name to
> >>Productivity we could group applications that currently do not strictly
> >>belong to the Office category, but are related in that they're often use
> >>for some form of personal administration (vs. company administration).
> >>4. PIM is a category that sprung to life because of the kolab client
> >>efforts. All it's applications could easily be placed in Office (or
> >>Productivity).
> >
> >IMO Office is better because "producivity" don't say much to a user: he
> > will better understand "office" I think.
>
> Productivity might be less triggering than Office, but the difference in
> minimal IMO. But that isn't the point. The point is that we have all
> these applications are related in that they provide some kind of
> administrative aid: word processors, spreadsheets, but also finance and
> contact managers. With a limited number of categories the name isn't
> that important as long as everything is categorized consistantly.

I agree: I only want to say that Office may be a better name.

<snip>
> >>* This will not be an application category, but rather an item under
> >>'Other Actions'.
> >
> >IMO it's better to have this in the main menu so that people don't need
> > the spill much time by searching the settings when they want to change
> > somthing. It's also good that people see everytime this item in the main
> > menu for marketing reasons ("KDE the configurable desktop
> > environement!").
>
> I don't quite understand what you're trying to say. If you're saying
> what I think you're saying: 'Preferences' is basically the equivelant of
> 'Settings'. In my suggestion 'Preferences' would be added to the K Menu
> by default.

What I want to say is that I don't agree to move it into a submenu like 
Actions. Leaving it in the top menu is much better.

> >>Which is remarkably similar to GNOME:
> >
> >And why should it look like Gnome?
>
> Consistency is a consequence here, not a goal. But if it comes at a
> cheap price then why not.

Because also Gnome can change it. We shouldn't implement things of other 
software if there are better ways to do it; we should be as much innovative 
as is possible. Being first with things is important if you want a bigger 
market share... ;)

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