At least, there is a logic: Preferences are/should be for user settings, Administration for system-wide, often requiring admin rights settings. Still, there are issues with this classification: the Network Tools are not settings at all, Hardware Information is in preferences (see bug 147152)...
The problem with reorganizating the items is that we will get far too much categories, and it will take longer to find what you're looking for (for now you should be able to find an item in two clicks). Your proposal is used in GNOME control center, which is like Windows' Control Panel. Maybe we could make it available for users who prefer its organization (less efficient but easier to use). Menu items are organized according to a Freedesktop.org specification that can't be changed easily: http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/ ...and that is quite good as it is. What we could do is moving some items to a System Tools submenu in Applications if there are enough tools that can go there (I don't think it's true at the moment). The idea among GNOME developers at the moment is that they should reduce the number of config tools. This was done with the Appearance one (theme, wallpaper, fonts, interface and cursors), and can be done with many others too (Keyboard Shortcuts, Keyboard and Mouse...). This would be a nice improvement, and I guess is the best way to follow. So far, IMHO the best idea is: 1) Merging tools when it makes sense to do so (GNOME work) 2) Hiding tools that can be accessed from better places, or create these places when needed (Ubuntu and upstream work). But surely a discussion about that would be useful... Maybe it's worth an Ubuntu specification. Cheers -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
