[squeak-dev] Re: The Trunk: System-mha.167.mcz

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Sun Nov 15 15:47:44 UTC 2009


On 15.11.2009, at 16:01, Michael Haupt wrote:

> Hi Bert,
> 
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
>>> obviously, we wouldn't need that. I didn't know such a menu item
>>> existed - where is that? (Not in my world menu, anyway.)
>> 
>> In the Help menu.
> 
> now that obviously makes utter sense. :-/
> 
> Honestly, who would expect to find the "update the system"
> functionality in the "help" menu?! 

The help menu is for users who look for help. Updating often solves problems. So it doesn't seem as unusual to me. Some others do agree:

http://www.google.com/search?q=help-menu+updates

E.g., Firefox's update check is in its help menu:

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