XDG Desktop Menu Specification - issues

Simon Edwards simon at simonzone.com
Tue May 6 19:45:14 BST 2003


On Tuesday 06 May 2003 17:00, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> Wouldn't users expect to have to go change the MIME action separately,
> in something like a "file types and programs" control panel?
>
> I don't think users have a sense that there's a master description of
> each application that they are editing when they edit their menus.

I've quickly tried to get the context of all this, but I must say that Havoc 
is right here. Editing menus (e.g. the K-menu/Start menu) has nothing to do 
with what program runs (and how) when you try to open a data file (eg 
{double,single} clicking on a .txt icon). They are two conceptually different 
things reguardless of how they are implemented.

Please please please make sure that they are kept separate.

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