Oh, we can also include something like gnome-about, if it is really a problem...
Le mardi 29 mai 2012 à 12:37 -0700, Daniel Foré a écrit : > I really don't like the idea of adding app-related things in > Switchboard. It should only be for system settings IMO. > > > But you're right, it's not for users. It's mainly for developers, > support techs, testers, translators, etc. > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Lucas Baudin <xapa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Hi, > > Why do we need it at all? We could have a single place with > all the > about things, in a Details panel in Switchboard for instance. > We don't > need it, it doesn't bring anything to the user, and I doubt > that anyone > is reading it. > > Lucas > > Le mardi 29 mai 2012 à 19:32 +0200, Andrea Basso a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > I agree, it's something we need to solve, it's pointless and > quite ugly to > > have the appmenu only for the About item. > > > > On the other hand I'm not sure the quicklist is the most > suited place. I > > don't know, the quicklist is to save time, to launch the app > in a > > different way, not really to interact with it. Midori does > have a "New > > Tab" item in quicklist, but I for one have never used it, > and I think > > almost everyone else has never did. Once an app is started > and running, > > you're not supposed and you don't think it's possible to > interact with it > > via the quicklist. > > > > I don't really know how to integrate it into eOS, but I feel > the best way > > to proceed is to have an external menu, something a la Gnome > Shell. It > > would be a place where the user can always find the about > dialog, it > > solves problem with apps that don't need a toolbar and > increases > > compatibility a lot (with Gnome apps and since it's external > we could even > > have normal gtk apps use it, like Ubuntu does with the > global menu). > > > > Regards, > > Andrea Basso > > > > On Tue, 29 May 2012 18:56:55 +0200, Daniel Foré > <dan...@elementaryos.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > > > When we first did the AppMenu, I think we felt that having > only a single > > > menu for an app was being extremely optimistic about it's > design. But it > > > seems that even so, some of the apps that have been built > for elementary > > > (Switchboard, Eidete, etc) are so contextual and awesome > that they don't > > > need an AppMenu at all except for a single item: About. > > > > > > What I'd like to propose is moving "About" into a > quicklist item. I think > > > this would make sense because it's About the App not just > the current > > > Window, and it would give us a consistent place to put > this item (that > > > I'm > > > pretty sure we all want for all of our apps) without > requiring > > > yet-another-otherwise-useless-piece-of-UI. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Daniel Foré > > > > > > elementaryos.org > > > > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > Daniel Foré > > > elementaryos.org > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp