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#8698: Clean up "administraton", "system tools" and "settings" menus in gnome menu.
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Written by pepperpupper the 17 May 08 at 01:19.
Category: Look and Feel.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
Some times I think it can be somewhat confusing to find the settings manager I want in the default menus in gnome. I think the above mentioned menus could be cleaned up by either merging them into one large menu option or creating some sort of "control-panel" applet that lets the user bowse through the settings. We don't want to confuse the user... even newbies should be able to use ubuntu succesfully!
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jorsol wrote on the 17 May 08 at 05:27
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What about this:
$ gnome-control-center
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glotz wrote on the 17 May 08 at 06:57
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Sound to me like you'd like to add one more layer of complexity...
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hunt.topher wrote on the 17 May 08 at 19:57
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I'd go with Jorsol and recommend that Ubuntu get rid of the "Preferences" and "Administration" menus and provide a link to gnome-control-center. It would group settings icons by type, make them searchable - and most importantly, put them all in one place where they should be.
Glotz: This would not be another layer of complexity. It would simplify the interface and make options more accessible, using a tool already installed by default.
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pepperpupper wrote on the 18 May 08 at 14:58
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Yeah, using the gnome control center would be great. It wouldn't be to hard to implement either :)
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sinsource wrote on the 18 May 08 at 18:34
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The gnome-control-panel is already accessable its just not enabled in the menu by default.
Under prefrences>Main Menu
Look under preferences and click the check box on "control center" if thats all you want to see then uncheck everything else and thats all you will get.
I always turn off the items that I dont use in the menues.
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