[Mageia-dev] freedesktop spec and categories

Tue Mar 1 11:57:01 CET 2011

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:33, Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:
+> Le vendredi 25 février 2011 à 09:19 +0100, Samuel Verschelde a écrit :
+>> Le vendredi 25 février 2011 01:12:07, Michael Scherer a écrit :
+>> > 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 ).
+>>
+>> Does it happen ? In a default Mandriva KDE installation I already have more
+>> than 10 internet applications.
+> I do not use kde, but that doesn't sound good.
+> What are the entries ? Are all of them really needed ?
+>
+>> I prefer 3 quick steps rather than 2 long steps.
+> This would requires some testing and measures to see which is faster,
+> which is more confusing. Fcrozat did some tests, but I think the report
+> were not published :/
+
+I hate submenus, I always fail to navigate them properly (move the
+mouse out and switch to other higher level menu and have to go back
+and go down again in the submenu) Having submenus will usually make it
+5 or 6 quick upsetting steps instead of 1 long one.
+