I agree entirely with the fact that the current menu arrangement is unusual.
I can speak from the viewpoint of a Windows user.
The expected arrangement would indeed be File/Edit/Capture/Tools/Help.
I also support the other modifications you suggested.
Personally, i would even get a step further and eliminate the Capture item
from top level, putting it as the first entry in File (-> File/Start
capture...).
Of course some would argue that this is the most important function, and so
it deserves an item of its own. But its counter-intuitive.
Most people i know (only Windows-users however), instinctively open the
File-menu when opening an application the first time, as it is where they
expect the "New Document" functionality.
Note that having Capture removed from the top level menu is not a problem
when we have a toolbar, since of cource "Start capture" would still be
directly accessible as the first toolbar icon (i suggest).
Lars
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ulf Lamping" <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
To: "Ethereal '" <ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "GuyHarris" <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 11:23 AM
Subject: [Ethereal-dev] Top Menu Item: rename "Display" to "View" and
moveone to the left?
> Hi List!
>
> As I'm working on the toolbar en-/disable preference feature, I'm asking
myself (and some of my friends have the same opinion), if the current menu
structure is really intuitive for common users.
>
> The top menu items File/Edit/Capture/Tools/Help seems to be Ok, but the
Display menu item is questionable IMHO (corresponding to the Gnome Human
Interface Guidelines?).
>
> The following items are currently in the Display menu item:
>
> -Options
> -Match
> -Prepare
> -Colorize Display
> -Collapse All
> -Expand All
> -Show Packet in New window
> -User Specified Decodes
>
>
> I would suggest the following:
>
> Renaming the menu item "Display" to "View" and move it to the left, so it
will look like: File/Edit/View/Capture/Tools/Help as that is somewhat more
common to normal users, I think.
>
> And then change the following menu entries: Move "Colorize display" to the
Edit menu item (as it's very similar to Display Filters, and I would expect
it there!)
>
> After that, we could move the "Tools->Decode As" item to View, and remove
the "User Specified Decodes" item completely.
>
>
> I don't want to start a flame war on this, but when I observe new Ethereal
users, they are often confused using the menu.
>
> I'm interested, if this is only "my own problem", or if others are
experience similar problems, and we should search for a good solution on
this topic(s).
>
>
> Regards, ULFL
>
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