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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:
><i> Le vendredi 25 février 2011 à 00:09 +0200, Anssi Hannula a écrit :
</I>>><i> On 24.02.2011 21:15, Michael Scherer wrote:
</I>>>><i> Le jeudi 24 février 2011 à 20:30 +0200, Anssi Hannula a écrit :
</I>>>>><i> With a two-level system it would be considerably less and closer to the
</I>>>>><i> ~7 you mention.
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> Depend, what is the process that you are wanting to improve ?
</I>>>><i> ( and closer is not good enough, even if 15 is nearer to 7 than 20,
</I>>>><i> that's still too much and a different process is used ( according to
</I>>>><i> studies ))
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> No idea. IMO finding the wanted application is faster when it goes
</I>>><i> Internet => 5-7 submenus => each with 2-5 app entries
</I>>><i> instead of the current
</I>>><i> Internet => 20 app entries, plus 10 more in "More"
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Yes. But I think that what some people want is
</I>><i> Internet => 30 apps.
</I>><i> ( ie, suppress More )
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Citing tux99 :
</I>><i>
</I>><i> "I'm pretty sure that if we make a survey among Mandriva users the
</I>><i> majority will be saying they don't like apps hidden behind "More" as it
</I>><i> currently happens, they would want them in the higher level with all
</I>><i> the other apps of the same type."
</I>><i>
</I>><i> So maybe I misunderstood.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> What need to be taken in account too is also the case
</I>><i> Internet => 5-7 apps.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Having :
</I>><i> Internet => 5-7 submenus => 1 app entry
</I>><i> is IMHO clearly suboptimal.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> ( ie, 1 step more to get application , on a total of 3, that's a lot ).
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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] <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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