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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: "Miscellaneous" category needed in the KMenu
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2004-01-29 20:47:14
Message-ID: 40197152.5060701 () acm ! org
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Frans Englich wrote:
> On Thursday 29 January 2004 01:00, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> 
>>In KDE 3.2 the category: "Applications" has been removed which is a good
>>idea.  However, some applications do not fit in any of the categories
>>listed in the standard menu.
> 
> 
> A "Misc" category would have the same problem as "Apps" - it is generic and 
> doesn't tell the user anything. If the text of the toplevel categories are to 
> help the user navigate and describe what the submenu contains, "misc" as well 
> as "apps" is pretty hopeless, I think.

Yes, it has the same problems.  But, there are apps that don't fit in the 
enumerated categories.  Previously, these apps could be put in 
Applications, but now there isn't any place for them.

> Anyway, if the categories are to be added it should be done on the xdg-list so 
> fd.o don't loose its influence.
> 
OK, will forward original there.
> 
>>Specifically, I installed GRAMPS and couldn't see how it fit in any of the
>>categories listed or in any of the categories listed in the FreeDesktop
>>standard for that matter.
> 
> 
> Hm.. What about Science or Geology?
> 
That is Genealogy :-)  Ancestors, not rocks.

> KDE's application menu only got support Science, and it's under the 
> "edutainment" menu, AFAICT. Perhaps "Science" should have its own top level 
> menu? (I think science/research apps like gramps will be a great hit in open 
> source..)
> 
Yes if there were a top level for Science you could stretch the definition 
a little and put Genealogy under Science.

But there is still going to be some application that there isn't a defined 
top level menu category for.

--
JRT
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