[SIMPLE BUG] "Settings" menu called "System"
#1
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Greetings!

This bug is very simple and fixable in about 10 seconds. When you designed the skin, you decided to rename the XBMC "Settings" menu to "System".


This collides with XBMC's internals:

* Breadcrumbs all say "Settings":
- Enter the "System" menu in Confluence and look in the top left, it will say "Settings".

* XBMC settings all refer to "Settings":
- Enter the Settings menu (or as you call it, "System"), then go to Appearance > Skin. The "Startup window" setting offers the value "Settings".

* Guides usually refer to the "Settings" menu, which is the proper name for it.


Additional reasons to fix this by renaming it back to "Settings":

* It is ugly/weird to go "System > System > Input devices" rather than "Settings > System > Input devices".

* The word "Settings" is the proper word here, both for reasons of XBMC consistency (since all other options and GUIDES refer to the menu as its real name of "Settings"), and also logically since "System" is a word that relates to system hardware, whereas "Settings" is far more logical considering the wide variety of Settings contained in its submenus (skin settings, localization settings, system settings, etc etc...).


Please just fix this, it's a simple thing but very annoying. Nod
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#2
well technically its the "system" menu section that also has settings, profiles , filemanager its default its just set to take you to settings.

The team had a big discussion about this a while ago I personally have no preference
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#3
Hi Jezz!

That's an interesting take on it. You're right that it does contain the file manager and other features as well if you open the extended menu for it (to any readers: press Right while selecting System). So yeah it's technically a "System" menu entry which defaults to opening "Settings". Hmm.

I'd be interested in reading the big team discussion about this, but can't find it on the forums. Is it readable online or was it on IRC or something? If it's not available, do you remember the outcome of the discussion?
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#4
It was in private on irc yeah
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