Le jeudi 24 février 2011 à 20:30 +0200, Anssi Hannula a écrit : > On 24.02.2011 18:57, Tux99 wrote: > > > > > > Quote: Michael Scherer wrote on Thu, 24 February 2011 13:27 > >> > >> Le jeudi 24 février 2011 à 10:06 +0100, Samuel Verschelde a écrit : > >>> > >>> I don't think so. Several Mandriva releases ago, there was no such > >>> "More" > >>> entry, but real sub-categories in the menu. Then it changed for > >>> what we have > >>> now, but that wasn't a change in the .desktop files, rather a menu > >>> > >>> configuration. I guess that was a decision meant to bring > >>> "simplicity", > >> > >> Yes, and that's a choice that can be backed by several studies on the > >> subject, the working memory have been estimated to be 7 chunks of > >> information ( between 5 and 9 is a wildly accepted range ). I remember > >> having seen a studie saying that it was less than this, but I cannot > >> find it ( and it was on slashdot, so this may have been wrong ). > >> > >> So presenting only ~7 chunks of information ( ie ~7 items in menu ) is > >> better according to the current cognitive model used, such as this one > >> : > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_information_processor_model > > Eh, isn't that a reason to switch *back* to the two-level system, not to > keep the current system?
I do not think so. What chunk of informations do you take in account ? > I have about 15-30 entries in everyone of Internet, Office, Audio/Video, > Tools, Tools->System submenus. By submenu, you mean the "more" submenu ? I fail to understand what do you have exactly, can you provides a screenshot ? > With a two-level system it would be considerably less and closer to the > ~7 you mention. Depend, what is the process that you are wanting to improve ? ( and closer is not good enough, even if 15 is nearer to 7 than 20, that's still too much and a different process is used ( according to studies )) -- Michael Scherer