On 10-Apr-2006, Linas Žvirblis wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: > >> Yes, but they are only shown if you run a VM they belong to. > >> Being a user of a VM that uses modules, you can be expected to > >> know what they are. > > > > I don't believe that's true; you seem to be conflating "user" with > > "person who installs the software". Most users of a computer have > > no idea what a "window manager" is, let alone that they have > > "modules"; yet they may well desire to use some of these. > > I am not conflating anything. If a "person who installs the > software" decides to install a WM that uses modules and give it to a > "user", what can I do about it? That's the wrong question. The question that needs to be asked, now that it's clear there's a distinction between the person who installs the software and the person who wants to use it, is this: What will the user be looking for when they want to find this software in the menu system? I'm raising this distinction because you seemed (when I read your response to Eduard) to assume a context that is only valid for the person who knows exactly what software was installed, and can look for it with that knowledge. I'm pointing out that the person looking in the menu could very well know nothing about the software that was installed, but has some particular function in mind. Eduard, do you feel the new categorisation meets the search requirements of that user? Linas, do you feel that it meets them? -- \ "Room service? Send up a larger room." -- Groucho Marx | `\ | _o__) | Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au>
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