[Mageia-dev] freedesktop spec and categories

Thu Feb 24 13:53:48 CET 2011

Hi everyone,
+
+On 24 February 2011 13:27, Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:
+> This is not the number of click, but the fact that it take a longer time
+> to scan the whole menu. Like reading a article with and without carriage
+> return. The number of word to read are the same, but it is easier with
+> carriage return, because this doesn't require any form of coordination
+> ( ie, this is not on the same cognitive level ).
+>
+> I am not sure if I am clear enough, but on the other hand, I fear that
+> explaining the whole topic would requires much more time, and time have
+> showed that people hate when I explain them ergonomics ( as seen on
+> various rpmdrake bugs ).
+
+Michael, your point about ergonomics is very true in principle, but
+there seems to be a missing link in its implementation. The two-tier
+system, with a 'More...' submenu is very sensible, _if_ that submenu
+contains the most rarely used entries. IIRC, a bunch of proprietary
+applications do this with self-masking menu entries. In our case
+(mdv/mga), there is no mechanism to ensure this, as far as I know.
+That would be a major step forward.
+
+Best,
+Jérôme
+