17448 - [4.xP] Task menu item order

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Michael Lowe]

Netscape 4.x had "Newsgroups" menu item before "Address Book" on the menu.
Mozilla has them reversed.   There is some value in maintaining the 4.x order
since users will be used to it.

Comment 1

[german]

I don't think this is a usability issue at all. In fact we believe the address
book through some new envisioned functionality will gain in importance, hence the
new placement. 4.x is somewhat irrelevant in the context of an all new
application and Tasks menu.

Comment 2

[Michael Lowe]

The menu placement on this menu should probably be based on frequency of use,
right?   I guess the correct way of deciding menu order is to actually test a
group of users once all functionality is in application.   You could even wire
up a build to test things like this and distribute it to a group of users over
the net to gain statistics.

Comment 3

[Michael Lowe]

Another suggestion: maybe you could group related items together; eg:

+--------------
| Browser
| Editor
+--------------
| Mail
| Address Book
| Newsgroups
+--------------
| ...
| ...
|

Don't know if this is an improvment, but you could try a small usabilty study
and see.

Comment 4

[hangas]

It has been decided that the task menu item order will remain as is for now.  So
the requested change will not take place.  Closing bug.

Comment 5

[leger]

Adding verifyme keyword.

Comment 6

[Christian Mattar]

Verifying that nothing has changed :)