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[Rick Spencer <rick.spencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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:
> >
> >> For a concrete example, consider Evolution. To remove the Evolution
> >> launcher from the messaging menu, you'd have to launch Evolution and
> >> set up your email account before you can access Evolution's
> >> preferences and disable the launcher. If the messaging menu lets you
> >> access a simple blacklist, you can just go there and uncheck  
> >> Evolution
> >> and be done with it.
> >>
> >> David
> > Assuming that users prefer to act directly on objects, would it not be
> > more 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, Rick
> 
> Context menus on menus themselves is something generally avoided. I'm  
> pretty sure it's a big no-no in the GNOME HIG as well, but I'd have to  
> check.
> 
> David

True, but personally, I'd rather make the system work the way users want
and expect it to, even if it requires deviating from the HIG.

Cheers, Rick