[Mageia-dev] freedesktop spec and categories

[Samuel Verschelde]

Le vendredi 25 février 2011 10:33:42, Michael Scherer a écrit :
> 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 ?

- akregator
- kaddressbook
- kmail
- network center (mandriva)
- kbluetooth
- kget (download manager)
- knetattach (= add a network 
- knode : newsgroups reader (unless I installed it manually, not sure)
- konqueror
- kontact
- konversation
- kopete
- korganizer
- kppp
- krdc
- krfb
- ktorrent (unless I installed it manually)
- firefox

And I agree that many of those will not be used by most people

> 
> > 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 :/
> 
> > And KDE gives you the
> > "recently used applications" on top of the menu, so the extra step is no
> > big deal.
> 
> Shall I remind that there is more than KDE in the world ?

No, because it suggests I forgot it, which is not the case :)
But you mean there is no such functionality in GNOME and other commonly used 
environments ?

Samuel