Hi Larry,
On Apr 24, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Larry Shaffer <lar...@dakotacarto.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:51 AM, John C. Tull <jct...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Antonio,
>
> I think it is more about having consistency for the platform than anything
> else. We want the user to find the application familiar. The death-knell of
> many an OS X application on review sites is how non-Mac-like the application
> feels. Users expect the menubar to exist and to provide a means of navigating
> standard application operations.
>
> Developers will provide their own customization in different formats.
> Microsoft Office has their "ribbon" interface that provides "organized"
> drop-downs and formatting elements outside of the menubar, but you are able
> to do most of the same stuff by navigating the menus and options therein.
> http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Office-for-Mac-ribbon-default-1024x614.png
>
> I think we can achieve the customization desired while maintaining the HIG
> for OSX.
>
> Ignoring the other suggestions for a moment, changing the File menu name to
> Project (or Composer) does not go against the HIG for OS X (the initial
> discussion of this thread). This has be established. It does affect user
> expectations, however.
>
I think this is debatable. Per our irc conversation yesterday, there are
semantics to what constitutes a document-basis for a program versus a
non-document basis. My understanding of the exception in the HIG is that a
program that does not have a document that the program operates on can consider
removing or renaming the File menu item. From the HIG [0]:
"In general, each command in the File menu applies to a single file (most
commonly, a user-created document). If your app is not document-based, you can
rename the File menu to something more appropriate or eliminate it."
I consider a map project to be a document, whether it is based off of a
physical file, *.qgs, as it currently does or whether it is a record in a db, a
possible feature for the future of QGIS. I don't see the wiggle room on the HIG
for QGIS consequently.
Regards,
John
[0]
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/Menus/Menus.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000356-TP6
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