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Bug 70924

Summary: [usability] System tools menu confusing/cluttered.
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Jan Sabbe <jan.sabbe>
Component: redhat-menusAssignee: Havoc Pennington <hp>
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Version: 8.0CC: mitr, tammy.c.fox, twaugh
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Description Jan Sabbe 2002-08-06 22:29:18 UTC 
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Description of problem:
The system tools contain some repeating menu entries, which cause clutter and
confusion. It is not clear what entry to pick to configure your printer for example.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click on that big foot on the panel
2. Point to the 'system tools' menu entry.


Additional info:

There are three tools relating to printing, and it isn't entirely clear which
one to pick to configure your printer.
Printer System Switcher
Print Manager
Printing
--
Name thing: "GDM Configuration"
Newbies won't know what GDM is
--
Network
Network Device Control
Internet Configuration wizard
--
Redhat network
Redhat network configuration
--
System log
System logs

System tools aren't integrated with the gnome control center either, something
atleast I would expect :-)
Comment 1 Havoc Pennington 2002-08-06 23:01:06 UTC 
gdm item is already renamed "Login Screen"

There is an equivalent to "control center" for system tools just open start here
and have a look. You may need latest rawhide nautilus, gnome-vfs2, redhat-menus
for this to work right.

Printers I agree, something needs fixing here.

System log thing has been fixed.
Comment 2 Tim Waugh 2002-08-06 23:05:24 UTC 
hp: I changed it to 'Printing' on your recommendation (bug #69498). ;-)  What 
should it be instead?
Comment 3 Havoc Pennington 2002-08-06 23:13:52 UTC 
Printing is good, we just have these two extra items. (See my mail to internal
mailing list.)

Not sure it's your fault or problem, just wanted you to be able to comment,
since you know what works and what is probably broken and so forth.
Comment 4 Tammy Fox 2002-08-07 16:58:26 UTC 
Mail Transport Agent Switcher should also be under Extra.
Comment 5 Tammy Fox 2002-08-07 18:28:53 UTC 
Kuickshow and KView both show up under Graphics as Image Viewer. There
is also GQView. One of the 3 should show up Image Viewer, and the rest
should be under Extra.
Comment 6 Havoc Pennington 2003-01-13 04:39:05 UTC 
This bug got the grab-bag thing going at some point; I need one issue per bug. ;-)

In any case, much of this is fixed in rawhide and some no longer applies really,
please file new bugs if anything remains in next beta (one change per bug please...)