Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
Konrad Hofbauer wrote:
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.
Agreed.
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 you got the main points. I'm myself still undecided. The irritations
on the user list when different menu structures are used is an issue, though.
Just a quick reminder that we don't have to choose one thing forever. If
we wanted to provide a "Mac" .ui file that people on Mac could choose to
use, then we could do that. Aren't there specific such files for some
Mac entities anyway?
rh
