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List:       mandrake-cooker
Subject:    Re: [Cooker] New menu structure proposal
From:       Michael Altizer <xiche () earthlink ! net>
Date:       2004-01-14 22:24:27
Message-ID: 4005C19B.9070607 () earthlink ! net
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Frederic Lepied wrote:

>Please vote on MandrakeClub if you think the new menu struture should
>be adopted. Here is the full proposal also posted on Club:
>
>The default menu in MandrakeLinux Powerpack and download edition was
>set up in the 7.1 version of the distribution.  Today, 693 entries are
>available in the Mandrake Linux today menu.
>
>First of all, a little bit of history. The actual menu had to: - Unify
>available menus in different window and desktop managers; - Count
>installed applications on the machine with a more or less graphic
>interface. When a software is not available in the menu, it doesn't
>exist for end users...
>
>Because there was many applications, we decided to gather them in
>topics. Furthermore, because users access more often to some certain
>categories of applications, we decided then to gather those categories
>at the top level of the menu tree (for easy access) and to put the
>others in an « Applications » top entry.
>
>A lot of people reported that this organization wasn't fitting their
>needs. They preferred a more logical tree. With this goal in mind we
>redesigned the menu tree with the following:
>
>    * clearer menu tree
>    * no more than 3 levels of depth
>    * less top level entries to let more space for the section of the
>      last used applications
>
>So, we heard your voice and we decided to change the organization of
>the menu. Here is the proposal:
>
>Applications/Accessibility and Languages/Accessibility/
>Applications/Accessibility and Languages/Input methods/
>
>Applications/Databases/
>
>Applications/Development/Code generators/
>Applications/Development/Development environments/
>Applications/Development/Editors/
>Applications/Development/Interpreters/
>Applications/Development/Tools/
>
>Applications/Documentation/
>
>Applications/Edutainment/Economy/
>Applications/Edutainment/Geography/
>Applications/Edutainment/History/
>Applications/Edutainment/Languages/
>Applications/Edutainment/Literature/
>Applications/Edutainment/Sciences/
>Applications/Edutainment/Sports/
>
>Applications/Entertainment/Adventure/
>Applications/Entertainment/Arcade/
>Applications/Entertainment/Board games/
>Applications/Entertainment/Card games/
>Applications/Entertainment/Puzzles/
>Applications/Entertainment/Sports/
>Applications/Entertainment/Strategy/
>Applications/Entertainment/Toys/
>
>Applications/Finances/
>
>Applications/Internet/E-mail/
>Applications/Internet/File transfer/
>Applications/Internet/IRC/
>Applications/Internet/Instant messaging/
>Applications/Internet/News/
>Applications/Internet/Remote access/
>Applications/Internet/Video Conference/
>Applications/Internet/Web browsers/
>Applications/Internet/Web editors/
>
>Applications/Multimedia/Graphics/
>Applications/Multimedia/Sound/
>Applications/Multimedia/Video/
>
>Applications/Office/Accessories/
>Applications/Office/Address books/
>Applications/Office/Communication/
>Applications/Office/Drawing/
>Applications/Office/Fax/
>Applications/Office/Graphs/
>Applications/Office/PDA/
>Applications/Office/Phone/
>Applications/Office/Presentations/
>Applications/Office/Publishing/
>Applications/Office/Spreadsheets/
>Applications/Office/Task management/
>Applications/Office/Time management/
>Applications/Office/Word processors/
>
>Applications/Sciences/Artificial intelligence/
>Applications/Sciences/Astronomy/
>Applications/Sciences/Biology/
>Applications/Sciences/Chemistry/
>Applications/Sciences/Computer sciences/
>Applications/Sciences/Data visualization/
>Applications/Sciences/Electricity/
>Applications/Sciences/Image processing/
>Applications/Sciences/Mathematics/
>Applications/Sciences/Numerical analysis/
>Applications/Sciences/Parallel Computing/
>Applications/Sciences/Physics/
>Applications/Sciences/Robotics/
>
>Configuration/Boot and Init/
>
>Configuration/Configure your desktop
>Configuration/Configure your system
>
>Configuration/GNOME/
>Configuration/Hardware/
>Configuration/KDE/
>Configuration/Networking/
>Configuration/Packaging/
>Configuration/Printing/
>Configuration/Users/
>
>System/Archiving/
>System/Backup/
>System/CD Burning/
>System/Compression/
>System/Cryptography/
>System/Emulators/
>System/File Tools/
>System/Monitoring/
>System/Terminals/
>
>  
>
I'm obviously in the minority here, but I rather liked the menu the way 
it has been.  By putting (pretty much) everything under 'applications', 
it seems to add a menu level or make things more difficult to find, if 
not both.
Just my two cents,
Michael


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