Re: [Gretl-users] Menu re-structuring 2009

The "Window" menu is pretty standard. Word, excel and Powerpoint have it. Openoffice has it. Photoshop has it etc. I think gretl definitely can benefit from it because it GUI approach is based on working with multiple windows. But I strongly think that we cannot have a window menu as a sub-menu under the "View" menu. Now, adding a "window" menu is nice but then we will have 10 menus which is a bit too much. That is why I propose combining the data menu and the "View" menu under one "Data" menu. This would be more consistent. Most of the items in the view menu refer to the dataset anyway. I also proposed removing the sample menu in favor of a sub-menu or a separate "sample controls" window (after thinking more about it, I now favor the latter). This new window will not only show the current sample status but also let the user make changes easily. I think the above changes alone would be a significant improvement. First, we will have 8 instead of 9 menus and the menu items will be more balanced. Moreover, we will have a nice "window" menu next to the "Help" menu as expected by anyone familiar with computers. I don't expect or insist that we implement the proposal fully and without any reservations but I think it really deserves to be taken a bit more seriously. I have put a lot of thought into it so I would really appreciate having from the fellow users and developers more than a few "isolated comments" or "implementing a couple of things which are easy." The menu restructuring is something that needs to be done sooner or later so why not do it now? Best regards Talha -- “Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) --