Re: Name vs GenericName (again)

[Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>]

Le dimanche 27 juillet 2008, à 10:55 -0500, Damien Grassart a écrit :
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org> wrote:
> 
> > In GNOME, we generally only use Name. Which mean gedit appears as "Text
> > Editor" and Totem as "Movie Player". Makes a lot of sense to me.
> 
> What is the downside to just always displaying "gedit Text Editor" and
> "Totem Movie Player"? I think that may be the simplest way to avoid
> confusion (by keeping application names constant), and avoiding any extra
> naming logic.

The rationale, in my mind, is to only put useful text in the name, and
try to avoid "pollution". I feel like "Movie Player" is better than
"Totem Movie Player" (at least, in my case).

Vincent

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