On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:29AM , Rick Spencer wrote:
On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 09:20 -0500, David Siegel wrote:On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:14AM , Rick Spencer wrote:On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 09:06 -0500, David Siegel wrote:Assuming that users prefer to act directly on objects, would it not beFor a concrete example, consider Evolution. To remove the Evolutionlauncher from the messaging menu, you'd have to launch Evolution andset up your email account before you can access Evolution'spreferences and disable the launcher. If the messaging menu lets youaccess a simple blacklist, you can just go there and uncheck Evolution and be done with it. Davidmore direct to allow them to right click on the menu item to remove it? This would be consistent with how users remove the Evo launcher from the panel. Cheers, RickContext menus on menus themselves is something generally avoided. I'mpretty sure it's a big no-no in the GNOME HIG as well, but I'd have tocheck. DavidTrue, but personally, I'd rather make the system work the way users wantand expect it to, even if it requires deviating from the HIG. Cheers, Rick
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