Re: set your application title

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 15:03, Bill Haneman wrote:
> Bastien asked:
> > 
> > On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 03:59, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > This bug reminded me - 
> > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108356
> > > 
> > > Apps should call g_set_application_name() with the name of the
> > > application (should be a translated string, along the lines of
> > > "Terminal" or "Calculator" or "Gnumeric" or perhaps "Gnumeric
> > > Spreadsheet").
> > > 
> > > We should probably have a HIG guideline (should it be the same string
> > > as the Name field in the .desktop file? probably so).
> > 
> > That surely only applies to applications that can be launch multiple
> > times or create multiple windows, right ?
> 
> Actually it helps accessibility too, and as Havoc said there's no real
> cost in doing so.

Could you please explain why it helps a11y ? I see you saying things
about "this is good for a11y", "this is bad for a11y", and "this
application isn't properly a11ied", but rarely explanations, on why it's
good, bad or broken, and how it can be fixed.

Cheers

-- 
/Bastien Nocera
http://hadess.net

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