Menu Policy - please read if you maintain a package with a .desktop file in it!

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Fri May 14 13:21:31 UTC 2004


> And you expect users to sit down when they first log in and evaluate all
> the various options for software, pick one for each task?  Nobody wants
> to do that.  They want one application that just works.
> 

As opposed to what other option? Hunt around to edit their menus up?

If they don't know what's on the machine, then how are they supposed to
determine which application is best for them?

Moreover, what if they already have a preferred application? But it's
not the 'preferred one' by your standards. How are they supposed to find
it?

-sv






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