[Maybe OT] Linux Audio Apps Clasification - Linux-audio-dev

6 Nov 2009

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From: Daniel Vidal &lt;danielvidalchornet(a)gmail.com&gt;
Date: 2009/11/4
Subject: Re: [LAD] [Maybe OT] Linux Audio Apps Clasification
To: Raymond Martin &lt;laseray(a)gmail.com&gt;

Hi

   Thx for answer Raymond

    Well... My proposal of categories are just a suggestion to initiate the
discussion...

    About the number of categories... Not are a direct relation betwen
number of categories and submenu groups... These categories are used by the
people that design the menu to include (or exclude) apps in the menu
groups... I can put together audio players with audio file managers... or
not... i can put together secuencers with drum machines... or not... But i
need these categories to do this work... I cant make a serious multimedia
menu if all apps are only "AudioVideo" apps.

Thx again

Bye

2009/11/4 Raymond Martin &lt;laseray(a)gmail.com&gt;

On November 3, 2009 01:22:30 pm Daniel Vidal wrote:
...
   Hi

    I think this post is [OT] but also i think is the apropiate  audience...

    I'am now working on making personalized menus for Musix distro. I try  to
  do this task using the freedesktop rules, using
.desktop files and the
 "Categories" field. This is a real problem. All audio Apps put 
"AudioVideo"
  tag... and all apps apear together on a single
menu option... Mixers  merged
  with synths... with DAWs... with virtual
keyboards... Well... when the  user
  chooses the "multimedia" option of
system menu... the submenu have three
 columns of apps... Only a little set of apps put more specific tag like
 "Midi" or "Synthesis"...

    This behavoir can be modified using more "Categories" tags describing
 more closely the app... But this cant be done without the agreement of
  linux apps developers about a clasification...

    I can make a proposal to add some tags? 
 [snip]

 I can see where you are coming from. The Sound & Video menu on my desktop
 (E17) is a mess. Categorizing these better would be nice, but I just cannot
 see how you will find a way to break it up that most people will agree
 with.
 For instance, I do not necessarily agree with the categories you suggest,
 seems like too many IMO.

 I would suggest either using very broad categories (max of 3, 4, for
 example)
 or leaving it alone altogether. Even the other non-audio related menus are
 questionable across different desktops. An end user can always edit them
 if it bothers them that much.

 Raymond

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