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On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 17:21, Jan Hopmans <hopkaboutertje@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 13/10/2010 19:08, Dylan McCall wrote:
>
>>  In other cases, however, an active choice was clearly made but that
>>>> choice doesn't address the element's purpose.  Why should a volume
>>>> control menu be labelled "Mute"?  Etc.
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>> Because that's exactly what the item does. (If the speakers are already
>>> muted, it says "Unmute".)
>>>
>> The issue suddenly occurred to me. It's one we all know and love :)
>>
> Concerning the sound menu; I this sounds as blasphemy;
>
> It might be a good idea to look at windows. They have pretty good sound
> menu. It's useless; clean and possible to find a lot of hidden options if
> you really want to.
>
> While I like the Play, Pause buttons. I absolutely hate the 'Mute' text.
> One sound Icon does suffice, this button could be a mute button. It solves
> multiple problems at once.
>
> I've also seen some mentioning over a icon that doesn't look nice. Use
> another icon; simply don't re-use something if it doesn't fit the problem.
>
> I hope this helps improving the sound menu. This thread has been dead for a
> while, but I am just catching up. I think it's easy to improve the sound
> menu even more.
>

This brings the question to my mind:
The menu structures we are currently using in Ayatana Indicators.. do they
support multiple items in one row, or can we only stack menu items
vertically?