[Mageia-dev] freedesktop spec and categories

[Pascal Terjan]

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.