Konrad Hofbauer wrote:
Another careful inquiry on people's opinion (and to find out how much
work would be involved).
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
Also, we should not follow our intuition alone, but some Human
Interface Guideline. The current menu structure follows the KDE HIG,
which is probably why first and foremost the Mac users find it
irritating (same as Linux users, for instance, would find a Mac-like
menu structure "strange").
I fully agree to that. And it is the same with Shell vs. GNOME vs. KDE
vs. Windows vs. Mac vs. ... And I believe that in a menu structure
discussion most likes and dis-likes would be because what one is used
to on "his" platform.
So my big question is:
*** Should the menu stucture be platform-specific ? ***
*** PROS ***
+ Consistency accross different applications.
+ Things are where the user expects them.
+ LyX can better conform to the platform HIG.
+ Overall better user experience
+ Conceptually the same as different bind-files.
+ Less discussions.
*** CONS ***
- Documentation effort
- User Support
- Non-uniform appearance of LyX accross platforms
- More ui-file-versions to take care of
- Integration in binary-build-processes needed
Other points to add? Opinions?
I think the 'User Support" cons outweighs all the pros.
Abdel.
