Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 11:15 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote:
> > > Help, Check for Updates, and About, that affect the entire program,
> > > meaning every open window.
> > "About" is a fair example. But "Help" should be context-sensitive
> > whenever possible -- showing help relevant to the window you choose it
> > from.
> Maybe that could be implemented. The Help option now would simply open
> the standard help menu for the application at the beginning.
> Context-sensitiveness could be possible, thought I don't know how the
> GNOME devs feel about it.

We have a project underway to provide more dynamic and relevant
help buttons, menus, and other controls. We could probably find
ways to bring some of that to the application menu. Ping me if
you're interested.

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Shaun