[ubuntu-studio-devel] Menu Layout

[Kaj Ailomaa]

On Sun, May 17, 2015, at 06:02 PM, Len Ovens wrote:
> Hmm, conversation on menu layout seems to have stopped. However nothing 
> seems to have been done  ;)
> 
> So, I am restarting it. Currently we have:
> 
> ----------------8<--------------
> Audio Production
>  	extra SW installer
>  	Mixers (submenu)
>  	Sound Generators (submenu)
>  	Effects (submenu)
>  	Midi Utilities (submenu)
>  	utilities (inline)
>  	applications
> 
> Graphics Design
> Photography
> Video Production
>  	Audio Tools (submenu)
> Publishing
> ---------------8<------------------
> 
> We are probably not going to change the Audio menu by much, but for 
> example:
> ----------------8<--------------
> Audio Production
>          extra SW installer
>          Mixers (submenu)
>          Sound Generators (submenu)
>          Effects (submenu)
>          Midi Utilities (submenu)
>  	+ Measurement (submenu)
>  		+ meters
>  		+ frequency graphs
>  	+ Audio Utilities (submenu)
>  		+ low use utilities
>          utilities (inline)
>  		+ high use utilities
>  		- low use utilities
>          applications
> 
> Graphics Design
> Photography
> Video Production
>          Audio Tools (submenu)
> Publishing
> ---------------8<------------------

I think the important thing here is to not add categories in the menu
that are not either a freedesktop category, or a combination of more
than one.
Let's not add stuff to our liking on a whim, but make sure we keep to
standards as far as possible, so we do not confuse the user with
categories that are not found in other places.