Re: Bug#361418: Debian menu and the Apps/Science section
Hello,
<On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 22:47, Thibaut Paumard wrote:
> Le mardi 16 mai 2006 à 12:14 -0700, JD Rogers a écrit :
> > That said, I think we should not overly subdivide. If the menu depth
> > gets too large, we will be spending more time clicking menu levels
> > than scanning a menu list for the app name. For example in my
> > experience, I may have a couple of astronomy apps, but rarely 50
> > installed on any one system. I doubt many users will want to click
> > Apps -> Science -> Astronomy -> Cosmology to get a list containing 1
> > cosmology program that is installed. Same for other fields of science.
>
> I would very much agree with this. Actually, I thought it was possible
> to give "hints" in the .menu files, so that update-menu automatically
> creates relevant submenus only when the number of installed packages
> gets large.
>
> If my understanding is correct, one could put for program A "Astronomy,
> Sky Charts" and for prog. B "Astronomy, Data Visualisation" so that if I
> have a lot of astronomy programs installed, I'll get the submenus "Sky
> charts" and "Data Visualisations", but if I've got programs from all
> fields, I'll get "Astronomy" and, say, "Genetics" (and if I've got only
> a couple of softs, I won't end up with any 1 item submenus, which is
> good).
>
> In that case, why not rather prepare a list of standardised hints rather
> than a fixed subdivision? Quite honestly, in how many circumstances will
> someone have programs relevant for more than one field installed?
>
That is an appoach I suggested somewhere in theis thread. Use some tags
attached to each application or program similar o debtags.
You secend question, you have a box, which may be used by several users.
Then any users sees all programs, but preferences in using a specific
program may differ. In addition, the programs are not equal. One has
more strength in that direction, the other is better for that specific
goal.
And sometime you know what you want to do, and you are happy to see 2 or
3 choices, and you can choose just by your own decision, because you
prefer the way of doing.
[snip]
Kind Regards,
Thomas
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