[Mageia-dev] freedesktop spec and categories

Thu Feb 24 17:57:39 CET 2011

+
+Quote: Michael Scherer wrote on Thu, 24 February 2011 13:27
+>
+> Le jeudi 24 février 2011 à 10:06 +0100, Samuel Verschelde a écrit :
+> >
+> > I don't think so. Several Mandriva releases ago, there was no such
+> > "More" 
+> > entry, but real sub-categories in the menu. Then it changed for
+> > what we have 
+> > now, but that wasn't a change in the .desktop files, rather a menu
+> > 
+> > configuration. I guess that was a decision meant to bring
+> > "simplicity",
+> 
+> Yes, and that's a choice that can be backed by several studies on the
+> subject, the working memory have been estimated to be 7 chunks of
+> information ( between 5 and 9 is a wildly accepted range ). I remember
+> having seen a studie saying that it was less than this, but I cannot
+> find it ( and it was on slashdot, so this may have been wrong ).
+> 
+> So presenting only ~7 chunks of information ( ie ~7 items in menu ) is
+> better according to the current cognitive model used, such as this one
+> :
+> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_information_processor_model 
+
+The study that estimates the number of chunks of information a normal human
+can keep in working memory might be correct, but it's applied in a
+completely unfitting situation here.
+
+Scanning a list of program names has nothing to do keeping chunks of info
+in the brain.
+
+I'm pretty sure that if we make a survey among Mandriva users the majority
+will be saying they don't like apps hidden behind "More" as it currently
+happens, they would want them  in the higher level with all the other apps
+of the same type.
+
+Every Mandriva user I know (regarless if a complete noob or an IT literate
+person) finds the "More.." folder confusing and counterintuitive and
+without any benefit.
+
+I would actually think this is one of those things where a poll among users
+would make sense, since it doesn't really have technical implications
+either way.
+
+Another solution would be to make it a configurable user preference, but of
+course that would require someone to write the necessary code, so that's
+not such an immediate solution as changing the config.
+
+BTW: can anyone tell me where exactly this "More" folder behaviour is
+configured?
+
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