On Sep 15, 2014, at 9:39 AM, René J.V. Bertin wrote:

> This is a poll addressed to people using Qt and/or KDE applications.
> 
> I'd like to get some feedback about what kind of menu organisation you would 
> expect or like to see in those applications.
> 
> Currently, the OS X Application menu is populated with items such as About, 
> Preferences and Quit using text-based heuristics. The first menu item that is 
> created through Qt (and KDE) functions with a name that matches a relevant 
> pattern is put in the Application menu. With pure Qt applications this 
> usually works out pretty fine, but there are more than enough KDE 
> applications where the wrong item gets put in the Application menu just 
> because it's created before the right item. And that can lead to (unpleasant) 
> surprises. I'm working on a workaround for that, but the best solution would 
> be to address this in Qt.
> 
> Please think of your favourite Qt and/or KDE applications. How important is 
> it for you that About and (in particular) the Preferences menu item are in 
> the Application menu rather than in the place where they'd show on other 
> platforms (Linux, MS Windows)?

You don't need a poll for this. There are OS X interface conventions (including 
menu arrangement) that programs should conform to in order to be good OS X 
citizens.

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