Michael Catanzaro <mcatanz...@gnome.org> wrote: > On Mon, 2013-11-25 at 14:36 +0000, Allan Day wrote: >> In general I would say that they indicate that those items shouldn't >> be in the app menu, since they "are specific to a particular window or >> view", but I'd be interested to hear how other people would interpret >> this based on the draft guidelines, and whether they consider them to >> be useful enough. > > "Actions that are specific to a particular window or view, or which act > on content within an application window, should not be included." > > The middle clause is somewhat stronger than previous guidelines, and I > think it makes a difference. I interpret that to mean that even if your > app is single-instance, you're unambiguously not supposed to put > anything that affects the window in the app menu. That's a big step > towards making app menus more consistent and minimalist, removing the > present conceptual divide between app menus for single-instance and > multi-window apps. > > This means Documents, Rhythmbox, and Calculator need to find a new home > for their View settings, for example. It also means we need to be more > aggressive in removing actions that affect the window: for instance, > many games place Undo in the app menu, and Epiphany puts Reopen Closed > Tab there, both of which would need to be moved. ...
The key word in the sentence you quoted was supposed to be "particular" - it's supposed to mean that options that affect only one window or view should be excluded. My interpretation would be that the Calculator mode is appropriate in the app menu - since it affects all windows, is a global option for the app, and is likely to be used infrequently. On the other hand, I would say that the view options for Documents are inappropriate since they are specific to the overview part of the application - if you are looking at a particular document and switch from grid to list, there will be no feedback on screen that the change had an effect. I guess I have some work to do to make sure that this is clear. Thanks for your help with this; it's really useful. Allan _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
