Re: desktop file summarization

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 10:53, Dan Winship wrote:
> So if functional names are better than project names, shouldn't the
> startup splash screen just say "Desktop" instead of "GNOME"? Users don't
> care what desktop they're running. :)

Yes, this is why on RHEL/Fedora the splash screen doesn't say GNOME. ;-)

> The other problem with this idea is that the menu text is then at odds
> with *everything else*. The icons often only make sense if you know the
> real name, the windows have the real name of the app, bugzilla only
> refers to the app by its real name, if you have to ask a question on irc
> or wherever, you'll need to know its real name, etc.

That's why the HIG says "Name GenericName" I think.

> The convention on both Windows and Mac seems to be that "applications"
> often have funky names but "utilities" almost always have obvious names.

Right. The exact line is a bit fuzzy but this really seems right.

Havoc