Comment 9 for bug 663119

I would say a better place would have been an appropriate mailing list like
ubuntu-desktop

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 8:40 PM, rocker9455 <email address hidden> wrote:

> So so bloated. Thankfully I avoid menus with gnome-do but still this is
> ridiculous.
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> Unneeded items in System > Preferences
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663119
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> nautilus in ubuntu.
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> Status in Gwibber: New
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: New
> Status in Ubuntu One Control Panel: New
> Status in “alacarte” package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> It seems strange that in the same cycle that we have had 'Software Sources'
> removed from the System > Preferences menu, that we have had around 4 new
> unneeded menu items added.
>
> These include:
> * Broadcast Preferences
> * File Management
> * Main Menu
> * Messaging and VoIP Accounts
> * Ubuntu One
>
> First of all none of these should be in this menu, because the menu is for
> 'System Preferences'. When I see this I think of hardware or services that
> are at a low-level in the system, that are integral two it, not user-space
> applications that are not linked to the basic running of the system.
>
> Broadcast Preferences (Gwibber Preferences) has no link to the system, it
> is merely a shortcut to the gwibber preferences. I believe this should not
> be here, as it is a duplication of the menu item Edit > Preferences in
> gwibber itself. It should be removed for the same reason of 'Software
> Sources' but also because a user will not logically look here for Gwibber's
> Preferences - they will open gwibber instead.
>
> File Management, this is probably the one of the list above that has most
> reason to be in the menu, however I still believe that it should not be
> included. Nautilus is a user-space application and if a user wants to modify
> its preferences, he/she will open Nautilus and choose Edit > Preferences.
> This again comes back to the point that it is simply duplicating menu items
> and making the Preferences menu more flooded than it already is.
>
> Main Menu is not an integral part of the system and so has no place in
> being here. This one seems to be even more unneeded by me, as the user has
> just opened the menu to get at it - they only need to right click instead of
> left click and they will have the 'Edit Menus...' menuitem. Again, not where
> a user will look and duplication of menuitems.
>
> Messaging and VoIP Accounts is the same problem as Broadcast Preferences.
> Not an integral part of the system and I don't really know why it is here.
>
> Ubuntu One this has a valid case for there being a menuitem, however it
> should be in Apllications > Internet. this is a userspace application, not
> integral and it is much more logical for a person to look in Internet rather
> than System Preferences for Ubuntu One.
>
> If we hid all of these, it would make the preferences menu a lot easier to
> navigate, and a menu that contained concise items that were suited to their
> parent menu.
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>
> Of course I may be completely wrong and there are legitimate reasons why
> these are here. Any comments?
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