Re: revised patch to change tooltips

[nils <n p sun com>]

Christian Rose wrote:

> Sean McElroy wrote:
> [...]
> > Either way, I think it would be better to give apps easily pronouncable
> > names. I personally think it is annoying that virtually every application
> > starts with G or has a capitalized G in its name (reminds me of Sesame
> > Street: "Today's desktop is brought to you by the letter G") - KDE is
> > equally guilty in this respect. I don't necessarily think this helps users
> > remember that they are using Gnome, and it only breeds mispronounciations
> > (Gedit becomes jed-it, and the idea of 'Edit' may be completely lost on
> > newbies).
> > </shocking agreement>
>
> Don't forget translations. Many of the problems you point out also
> affect translations, maybe even more.
> Something like "GNOME Text Editor" is more of a description than a name

I would suggest that the GNOME part is redundant in the GNOME desktop
menus. By all means call it GNOME Bla Bla Bla, if it is in the KDE menus.
And by all means call the application GNOME Bla Bla Bla.

Nils