Re: [Ayatana] Redundancy : Preference's Menu and Indicator's options

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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cyrildz wrote on 04/02/11 17:24:
>...
> in the Preferences' Menu (System--> Preferences) we have:
> 
> -Instant Messaging and VoIP
> - Microbloging
> -Network Connexion
> -Sound
> -About Me
> -Ubuntu One
> 
> But those Entries are already present on the Indicators :
> 
> -Instant Messaging and VoIP -->(Messaging-Menu and Me-Menu)
> - Microbloging --> (Messaging-Menu and Me-Menu)
> -Network Connexion --> Indicator-network or nm-applet
> -Sound --> Indicator-Sound
> -About Me --> Me-Menu
> -Ubuntu One -->Me-Menu [on Natty, it is on both Me-Menu and
> Messaging-Menu (Inappropriate here)].
> 
> Consequence : We have a surcharged Preferences Menu.
> 
> The conclusion is that it is confusing.
> The Indicators are are well exposed to handle those Entries. We should
> hide the same Entries on the Preference's Menu
>...

The items in the status menus are shortcuts. Sometimes someone will go
into the clock menu to change something about the time, or the sound
menu to change something about the sound, etc, before realizing that the
menu itself doesn't contain the setting they want. But that's okay,
because at the end of the menu there's a shortcut to the relevant
settings pane.

In Natty the primary session is Unity, which doesn't have a
"Preferences" menu; and in Natty+1, even the classic session (if it
still exists) may use Gnome 3's "System Settings" window, and therefore
not have a "Preferences" menu either.

(BTW, when posting to mailing lists, please keep any attachments small.)

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