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RE: [platform-ui-dev] Window menu
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DS> I don't understand why we need a second menu item to access the
preferences for any tool, or a menu to contain it. It is redundant if
there is already a Preferences item in the workbench menu.
IR> Less clicks and also letting user know that a plugin that put this
perspective also put these
settings. A successful software has a number of different ways to do the
same thing.
It also has its settings in user face: Start->Settings->Control Panel.
DS>Ideally, the user should never have to customize the preferences
for a tool.
IR> People often have polar understandings of how tool should work.
Ideally, the user should easily find the preferences
for a tool.
-----Original Message-----
From: David_Springgay@xxxxxxx [mailto:David_Springgay@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 5:55 PM
To: platform-ui-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [platform-ui-dev] Window menu
See DS>
"Rozenberg, Ilya"
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[platform-ui-dev] Window menu
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12/10/01 05:12 PM
Please respond to
platform-ui-dev
>I also don't think we need a Configure > Java menu item. We already have
a
>single menu item to get to ALL of the preferences. If we add an item for
>java, soon we'll have an item for the web tooling, then ant, then c++, and
>then menu will be filled with items which just open the preferences
dialog.
>This sounds like weak justification for the configure menu.
You will only see Configure > MyTool on MyTool Perspective
and only if MyTool developer will elect to put it on MyTool Perspective.
DS> I don't understand why we need a second menu item to access the
preferences for any tool, or a menu to contain it. It is redundant if
there is already a Preferences item in the workbench menu.
> I would prefer to push the object centricity of the menus further.
Object centricity is usially a good idea.
In this case customization is not a part of main workflow.
You customize your car and then you drive it.
You don't customize your car while you drive it.
DS> I agree. The customization which you refer to is not part of the main
workflow. Ideally, the user should never have to customize the preferences
for a tool. Everything should just work well. Hence, the configure item
for each tool does not need a dedicated item. A single item will do.
Should we put it in the Workbench menu?
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