GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 160274
File menu for file operations, Movie menu for movie operations
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
For greater consistancy with other applictions in the Gnome Desktop and in line with the HIG I would much prefer if Totem used a File menu for file related operations and a Movie/Video menu for operations specific to movies. Not only would this be more consistant with Gnome but it also I think with users have come to expect from other Media players, I cannot think of any other media player (that has menus) that doesnt use File and I have tried to find one: Windows Media Player uses File, View, Play, Tools, Help Quicktime uses File Edit Movie Windows Help Video Lan Client (VLC) Player uses File View Settings Audio Video Help (Dont know about Real Player but their) Helix player uses File Play View Tools Help Gst-player uses File Control View Help (It is not particularly relevant Xine and Mplayer have an Open submenu in their right click menu)
The only menu item in the File menu that relates to files is the "Open...", all the other items would be better grouped as "Movie" rather than "File". If you have a more precise description of how you would reorganise all the menu items, feel free to re-open this bug.
> The only menu item in the File menu that relates to files is the "Open..." I don't agree, these folowing items are all standard file operations none of which are specific to movie files. File, Open Open Location - Properties - Recent Files - Quit Using a menu other than File feels massively inconsistant, which is very important if Totem is going to the default movie player in Gnome. I'm not entirely sure what you mean when you ask for a more precise description, but I'll get back to this later when I have more time and reopen it then.