MenusRevisited

Revision 15 as of 2005-11-01 21:46:27

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MenuRevisited

Purging "System Tools"

  • Applications Menu Editor

    • - replace with Alt+dragging and D&D from gnome-app-install? - move to "System" > "Preferences"?

      • - already has a "Menus & Toolbars" item!

  • Avahi Zeroconf Browser
    • - hide if installed by default in Dapper
  • Bluetooth file sharing
    • - make appear as gnome-session service, if new gnome-session comes in Dapper/Gnome 2.14 - hide if new gnome-session doesn't appear
  • Bluetooth manager
    • - hide due to being crap
  • Bug Report Tool
  • Configuration Editor
    • - Hide
  • Floppy Formatter
  • Gparted

    • - move to "System" > "Administration"

  • Network Tools

    • - move to "System" > "Administration"

  • New Login
    • - replace with button in gnome-screensaver
  • New login nested window
    • - remove entirely
  • Run as different user
    • - remove, not hide
  • System Log

    • - move to "System" > "Administration"

  • System Monitor

    • - move to "System" > "Administration"

  • Ubuntu Device Database
    • - hide (will be available during install?)

Other programs that would add themselves to System Tools need to add themselves elsewhere. -TODO - generate list after ubz

Accessories

  • Archive Manager
    • - propose removing as it's available as right click in Nautilus. Inexperienced computer users may find right click less "discoverable".

      - [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302035 Add "Make Compressed File..." to Nautilus's File menu]

Graphics

  • Image Viewer
    • - Hide. - Slideshow item in Nautilus? (the Finder has it...)
  • XSane Image scanning program
    • - Scanners now accessible via GIMP, so hide.

"Internet" and "Office"

  • GNOME BitTorrent

    • - Hide.

  • "Internet" > "Evolution Mail" vs. "Office" > "Evolution"

    • - upstream is working on seperate icons for each item ("Calendar", "Tasks", - if the above doesn't come, fix the menu item in Office to say Groupware and to use a better icon

  • OpenOffice from Template

    • - hide

Sound and video

  • "CD Player" - nuke
  • "Recording Level Monitor"
    • - hide for Dapper - should be incorporated into Sound preferences - nuke in the meantime?
  • "Rhythmbox Music Player" - keep
  • "Serpentine Audio-CD Creator"
    • - should be integrated into Nautilus in an obvious way - keep in the meantime
  • "Sound Juicer CD Ripper"
    • - should be integrated into Nautilus in an obvious way - keep in the meantime
  • "Sound Recorder"
  • Totem
    • - hide by default
  • "Volume Control"
    • - should be incorporated into Sound preferences - hide in the meantime
  • "Volume Monitor"
    • - should be incorporated into Sound preferences - hide in the meantime

known caveats: make certain hiding applications does not remove it from Open With menu.

  • right click-menu on menu-items should contain a "hide icon"-option

Shortening "System" > "Preferences"

See also [http://live.gnome.org/PreferencesRevisited PreferencesRevisited]

  • "File Management": remove (redundant with "Edit" > "Preferences"

  • "Login Photo": remove (redundant with "About Me")
  • "Multimedia Systems Selector": hide
    • - nuke it
  • "PalmOS devices": remove
  • "Windows": hide
  • encourage upstream to do heavy lifting to merge other control panels

    • - "About Me" + "Users & Groups" + "Sessions" - "Font" + "Theme" - "Keyboard" + "Keyboard Shortcuts"