Generic names in KMenu

Andras Mantia amantia at kde.org
Tue Feb 10 11:39:08 GMT 2004


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Since some days I switched my KMenu to show the items in the Description
(Name) format and I noticed quite some (usability) problems with this. Some
applications are there is no description, some descriptions are just too
generic, others have only a description (how can this be?). The worst
situation is under Games. There are 9 items called "Arcade Game", 5 Board
Games, 4 Logic Games and the list might continue. Problems are in the
Multimedia section (well, the apps are not shipped with KDE by default, but
some are in the kdeextragear), in Edutainment ("Learning Tool (FlashKard)" -
what can you learn with it?). There are some items that are understandable
(like Patience Card Game), so we may go this way. Be it a generic name, but
in sense that the user know what kind of application is in particular, not
just in general. I'd propose every maintainer should go and add a good
description, otherwise  - if there are no complaints - I will do so.

Second issue is a request/question: would it make sense to have a Web
Development submenu under Development? I'd say yes, as there are already 3
application falling into this category and would make the Development menu
more usable and readable. If you agree with, how can this be done, as I never
studied the XDG style menus.

Andras

PS: Why do I have Ark and KEdit also int he Lost & Found? There I see also the 
description, while under Editors/Utilities only the name appears.

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