[haiku-commits] Re: Utilities Folder (was: hrev44091 - build/jam)
- From: François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 13:06:00 +0200
On 04/05/2012 11:05, Stephan Aßmus wrote:
> For the future, I think the menu should not directly be editable by the
> user. I think users only spent time on this if there is a need. On BeOS,
> I have indeed messed with the DeskBar menu, I think I've replaced the
> "Applications" folder with a link to where I actually installed
> Applications, and thus I always had access to whatever I installed,
> without ever updating the menu again. On Linux, I have never seen the
> need to mess with the menu. Mostly because a) what I install shows up,
> and b) I could agree with the sorting and categories.
Except with Terminal which is anything but an "accessory" to me :D
>
> So ideally, I think the Deskbar menu should be dynamic based on a Query
> for all applications. Apps would have an attribute "META:category" or
> similar (could be fully integrated with FileTypes and the Locale Kit,
> just like the name is now). This would be a comma separated list of
> categories, where this app can appear. This would even make an app
> appear in multiple places in the Deskbar menu hierarchy, which makes it
> easier for users to find it, should they have different expectations or
> assumptions of the category. And then Deskbar would of course build the
> menu based on merging all categories found in all applications. It
> wouldn't know any "default" categories.
I recall trying this with hardcoded queries long ago, worked not too bad:
http://revolf.free.fr/beos/shots/shot_query_based_menu.png
François.
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