[CentOS] centos beta 5 right click on desktop

[Bart Schaefer]

On 3/13/07, Radu-Cristian FOTESCU <beranger5ca at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> --- Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote:
> > Where do I control the order of that menu???
>
> You can not.
>
> Starting with GNOME 2.12, the terminal option has been removed from the
> desktop context menu.

I realize this is moving off-topic for the CentOS list, but:  What (if
any) is the rationale for the desktop menu NOT being
user-configurable?  Why shouldn't I be able to put anything in there I
like?