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Re: [trinity-users] Kmenu Reasoning Explained

From: "John A. Sullivan III" <jsullivan@...>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:35:32 -0500
On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 21:56 -0500, Robert Xu wrote:
> Long Response Incoming. Do not be offended by the response.
> 
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 17:48, Katheryne Draven <borgqueen4@...> wrote:
> > As requested by some people (Xu_R AKA The Old Man) an odt and pdf of
> > the reasoning behind my kmenu setup.
> 
> I'm sorry, being under 20 is old? o_O
> 
> >
> > I would appreciate any input to improve the setup.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Kate
> >
> >
> 
<snip>
> You can find a few submenus. But NOT TOO MANY!
> That's where I think openSUSE got it wrong. It's more work to the
> average user, and a pain in the ass after a navigating them a few
> times.
<snip>
> I'm not going to go into the details like what kind of apps should be
> in each category.
> The thing is, less is better for some people. And giving sub-menu
> after sub-menu will drive someone crazy (eventually) if they are not
> already by looking at the structure.
<snip>
I don't like lots of submenus either but there are so many options
available in Linux that the huge menus which can popup are more
cumbersome and confusing that the submenus.  I think we need to find a
reasonable balance - John