[squeak-dev] Re: The Trunk: System-mha.167.mcz
Bert Freudenberg
bert at freudenbergs.de
Sun Nov 15 16:07:31 UTC 2009
On 15.11.2009, at 16:59, Michael Haupt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
>> 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:
>
> ach whatever. I don't think it makes sense. The Firefox developers
> (and others) have a different opinion. I always let Firefox find the
> updates by itself, so I've never actively looked for the update menu
> item. (I wouldn't have started in "Help".)
>
> Mac OS X has the update menu item in the Apple menu. OmniFocus has it
> in the "OmniFocus" menu. There are probably more counter-examples, I'm
> just too lazy to fire up all those third-party applications right now.
> :-)
>
> So I'll stick with the button opener in Utilities. If anyone wants to
> remove it from the Trunk, no problem.
>
> Best,
>
> Michael
Hey, I'm not saying we can't move it to the World menu :)
It just does not sound that unusual to me, that's all. But I wouldn't object.
- Bert -
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