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Hello MPT,

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:36, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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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?