Jakub Steiner wrote:
That is exactly why such things need to be standardized. Since Inkscape is a multiplatform application, ideally it should follow Firefox' example and structure the menus depending on the platform specifications and usanses. Mac users will be looking for an "Inkscape" menu and "Preferences". Windows and GNOME users are used to "Edit>Preferences" even though it uses a wrong pattern of action>object instead of object>action. These issues have to be tackled globally for the whole platform and not application by application even though I see it's a lot harder change things.
There is so many ways a structure could make sense. To really have a user in mind, have *consistency with the rest of the platform* in mind.
i'm not thrilled by the Firefox approach, it makes the support difficult, one should ask the user what OS is using before directing him to the correct place in menu. the same for documentation: it should mention all possible locations for every supported OS.