On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:36, Matthew Paul Thomas
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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.
As i understand your explanation, it would make sense to have 1 "configure XYZ" entry in each status menu!?
I would like that and i would find it quite consistent, compared to having several configuration links in one menu, 2 in an other status menu and only 1 on the bottom of yet another, while the Session Menu e.g. has not a single configuration item on the bottom of its menu.
For the Me/Messaging Menu, that would then mean there would be an item such as "configure messaging" on the bottom.
This again would lead to a unified messaging configuration wizard or page, where i can pick out the part or type of messaging i intend to configure.
Is that too far off?