+2 for Laurent/Mariano and -1 for Stef here:
Why I agree with Laurent and Mariano: - every app has a help menu - in almost any case such a help menu is at the top level of menus/toolbars/context menues - if one needs help then it should be easily accessible since it means the end user is lost and needs guidance Why I disagree with Stef: - currently "Help" is really HIDDEN under "System" (it's not obvious to a newbie, I tried with a friend today) - having it under "System" is too technical - think of any kind of end user help than (technical) system help (If you deploy a commercial app based on Pharo you still have "Help" but no "System" menu) - it is not a menu with a one item since AFAIK it could be extended and the idea was to place also ProfStef under it (when loaded in Pharo dev) or other help related stuff I understand we need to be careful about long menus, but then I would rather see "Debug" moved under "System" since it's a rare use case compared to looking for help. So I would vote for having it always as the last entry in the middle section of the world menu: Monticello Browser _____________ - Tools - Windows - System -- Debug -- ... - Whatever 1 - Whatever 2 - Help -- Help Contents -> full Browser -- ProfStef -> when loaded -- ... -- About -> Info dialog _____________ Save Save as... That's easy recognizable even when the menu is extended/changed. I would also place the "About" as the last item under "Help" since this is also a typical place for it. This discussion may not be important to most of us but usability is key to acceptance and success. My 0,02€ Bye T. -- GMX DSL: Internet-, Telefon- und Handy-Flat ab 19,99 EUR/mtl. Bis zu 150 EUR Startguthaben inklusive! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project |
+1 to all your comments, included moving System about.
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Torsten Bergmann <[hidden email]> wrote: +2 for Laurent/Mariano and -1 for Stef here: _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project |
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