Re: Avoiding the name of an application in Menus?

[Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>]

On 13/02/2006, at 10:24 PM, Joachim Noreiko wrote:

> > Now When I'm working with the documentation I'm
> > finding that using the name
> > of the application, could create a future
> > modification of the documentation
> > like User Guide, then may is better to use the
> > generic name like "Music
> > Player" enstead of "Music Player Rhithmbox". What do
> > you Think?
>
> I'm not entirely sure what you mean.
> If GNOME chooses to switch to a different application
> for the music player in the future, we'll have to
> rewrite docs anyway.
> There's a bit of a problem with app names anyway, I
> think. I launch 'Archive Manager' from the apps menu,
> and I get a window called 'File Roller'. It's a bit
> surprising for the new user.

Particularly so for the user of translated versions. We do our best  
to translate literal app. names, but names like File Roller are  
probably meaningless in English to our users, and plain confusing if  
translated. (Roll the file? Why roll the file? What happens to it  
when it's rolled? etc.)

I would recommend the initial window, at least, of each app containing:

Menu name - App. name

so with File-Roller, you select Archive Manager and get a window titled:

Archive Manager - File Roller

Is that workable?

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