Also, no other menu items use "the"/"a" unnecessarily.
Eg: nautilus File menu > is Create Folder , Create Document. and everywhere else in all applications it is the same pattern.
Adding "the" here would mean bringing in a new inconsistency.
But, if the British think they invented English, then... Oh! wait! :-)
I would suggest *against* adding "the" for this. Menu items are not about forming grammatically correct complete sentences.
HIG specifies not to overuse these http:// library. gnome.org/ devel/gdp- style-guide/ stable/ grammar. html.en
Also, no other menu items use "the"/"a" unnecessarily.
Eg: nautilus File menu > is Create Folder , Create Document. and everywhere else in all applications it is the same pattern.
Adding "the" here would mean bringing in a new inconsistency.
But, if the British think they invented English, then... Oh! wait! :-)