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List:       mandrake-cooker
Subject:    Re: [Cooker] New menu structure proposal
From:       Dennis Veatch <dveatch () woh ! rr ! com>
Date:       2004-01-14 22:42:35
Message-ID: 200401141742.35867.dveatch () woh ! rr ! com
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On Wednesday 14 January 2004 05:24 pm, Michael Altizer wrote:
> 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

How about Databases under Applications/Office.
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"Trying"? My contribution was much closer to a "feeble wave in the general 
direction of something that might lead you one step closer to a solution 
if you squint really hard and do all of the work."


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