Am 17.08.2012 16:41, schrieb John Scipione:
On Aug 17, 2012, at 9:03 AM, "Humdinger" <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> Pro:
> + No confusion with preferences for this window (being in the
"Window"
> menu).
> + The user learns that the file manager is called "Tracker".
> + Knowing that, he'll recognize it again among the other preference
> panels.
The cons are:
it is inconsistent with other applications on the system which use
"Preferences"
Except the Deskbar. But the real inconsistency, as you also point out is, that the item is not where one would assume it to be. In that light, I think "Tracker preferences..." actually are an improvement.
it is still not clear to have Tracker Preferences under the Window menu There is a better solution and in the meantime
I completely agree it's far from perfect, but IMO it's better than the previous solution. I wouldn't mind to remove the item completely, though (same with Deskbar preferences).
The only reason for"Deskbar preferences" would be to educate the user that the application with that leaf menu could actually be the Deskbar :-)
About the perfect solution: it's at least not obvious to me, and an in-depth discussion is certainly needed. Improving things in the mean time, even if imperfect, is still desirable. In the end, we might even accidently hit the perfect solution which one of the minor bumps, or that perfect solution might not even exist.
Bye, Axel.
