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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx wrote on 15/02/11 13:39:
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> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:36, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>...
>> 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.
>...
> 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.
>...

There's no real benefit from trying to have exactly one settings item
per 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?

Yes, first you would need to implement either a unified messaging
client, or an API for multiple clients to share the same settings window.

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mpt
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