[Mageia-dev] freedesktop spec and categories

Fri Feb 25 02:52:53 CET 2011

On 25.02.2011 02:12, Michael Scherer wrote:
+> Le vendredi 25 février 2011 à 00:09 +0200, Anssi Hannula a écrit :
+>> On 24.02.2011 21:15, Michael Scherer wrote:
+>>> Le jeudi 24 février 2011 à 20:30 +0200, Anssi Hannula a écrit :
+>>>> With a two-level system it would be considerably less and closer to the
+>>>> ~7 you mention.
+>>>
+>>> Depend, what is the process that you are wanting to improve ?
+>>> ( and closer is not good enough, even if 15 is nearer to 7 than 20,
+>>> that's still too much and a different process is used ( according to
+>>> studies ))
+>>
+>> No idea. IMO finding the wanted application is faster when it goes
+>> Internet => 5-7 submenus => each with 2-5 app entries
+>> instead of the current
+>> Internet => 20 app entries, plus 10 more in "More"
+> 
+> Yes. But I think that what some people want is 
+> Internet => 30 apps.
+> ( ie, suppress More )
+> 
+> Citing tux99 : 
+> 
+> "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."
+> 
+> So maybe I misunderstood. 
+> 
+> What need to be taken in account too is also the case 
+> Internet => 5-7 apps. 
+> 
+> Having :
+> Internet => 5-7 submenus => 1 app entry 
+> is IMHO clearly suboptimal.
+> 
+> ( ie, 1 step more to get application , on a total of 3, that's a lot ).
+
+The menu style file [1] allows for "inline_limit" 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 "merged" to parent
+submenu.
+
+[1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-latest.html
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
+