On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 18:54, Erik Pukinskis wrote: > > > Desktop seems reasonable, probably better than "Actions" or "Commands". > > I realize that in GNOME terms, desktop means "The sum of all the parts > of your working environment" but to Mac folk it means "the background on > which icons and windows are displayed (minus the menu bar)"[1] To > windows folks it means "The visual work area that fills the screen. The > desktop is also a container and can be used as a convenient location to > place objects stored in the file system."[2] And on CDE, it is "The > area on which the windows of a user's environment appear."[3] > > So to everyone else, desktop means "that thing behind all my windows > [that has icons on it.]" If I were looking for "Turn off my computer" > or "Search for files" I would never think to look in "Desktop." I fully agree with that, although I didn't make the research about it ;) How about "Gnome" ? I know it sounds a bit lame, but on windows it's "Start", on a Mac it's "Apple menu" (with an icon though). Maybe we could have a "Gnome menu" akin to the "Apple menu" and then an applications menu ? -- /Bastien Nocera http://hadess.net
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