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+ <B>Anssi Hannula</B>
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+ <I>Fri Feb 25 02:52:53 CET 2011</I>
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+<PRE>On 25.02.2011 02:12, Michael Scherer wrote:
+&gt;<i> Le vendredi 25 f&#233;vrier 2011 &#224; 00:09 +0200, Anssi Hannula a &#233;crit :
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> On 24.02.2011 21:15, Michael Scherer wrote:
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> Le jeudi 24 f&#233;vrier 2011 &#224; 20:30 +0200, Anssi Hannula a &#233;crit :
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> With a two-level system it would be considerably less and closer to the
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> ~7 you mention.
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> Depend, what is the process that you are wanting to improve ?
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> ( and closer is not good enough, even if 15 is nearer to 7 than 20,
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> that's still too much and a different process is used ( according to
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> studies ))
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> No idea. IMO finding the wanted application is faster when it goes
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> Internet =&gt; 5-7 submenus =&gt; each with 2-5 app entries
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> instead of the current
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> Internet =&gt; 20 app entries, plus 10 more in &quot;More&quot;
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> Yes. But I think that what some people want is
+</I>&gt;<i> Internet =&gt; 30 apps.
+</I>&gt;<i> ( ie, suppress More )
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> Citing tux99 :
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> &quot;I'm pretty sure that if we make a survey among Mandriva users the
+</I>&gt;<i> majority will be saying they don't like apps hidden behind &quot;More&quot; as it
+</I>&gt;<i> currently happens, they would want them in the higher level with all
+</I>&gt;<i> the other apps of the same type.&quot;
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> So maybe I misunderstood.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> What need to be taken in account too is also the case
+</I>&gt;<i> Internet =&gt; 5-7 apps.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> Having :
+</I>&gt;<i> Internet =&gt; 5-7 submenus =&gt; 1 app entry
+</I>&gt;<i> is IMHO clearly suboptimal.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> ( ie, 1 step more to get application , on a total of 3, that's a lot ).
+</I>
+The menu style file [1] allows for &quot;inline_limit&quot; attribute which
+specifies a minimum entry count before the submenu is added, otherwise
+the app entries are added to the parent menu instead.
+
+So e.g. submenus with less than 2-3 apps could be &quot;merged&quot; to parent
+submenu.
+
+[1] <A HREF="http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-latest.html">http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-latest.html</A>
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+Anssi Hannula
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