I like the idea of App name - function, or Function - app name. Either
way. There are enough hard-to-pronounce app names in the Linux world
that it should be required to list the app function along with the app
name. Even listening to Linux podcasts, there is never any consensus on
how to pr
Il giorno mar, 09/06/2009 alle 17.45 +0200, Soren Hansen ha scritto:
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> Couldn't this be easily resolved by you telling them to use "Document
> Viewer" rather than telling them to use "Evince"?
If all programs were equally feature complete and bug free, or if there
was a clear winner and that
Il giorno mar, 09/06/2009 alle 16.55 +0200, David MENTRE ha scritto:
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> I agree. Displaying a "Document Viewer (evince)" or "Document Viewer /
> evince" would be a big plus.
Yes also because this is needed when talking to ordinary non-technical
users e.g. my mother on the phone "I could not see
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Soren Hansen wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 09:50:26AM -0500, Patrick Goetz wrote:
>> No one knows to look for "Document Viewer"
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> If you put yourself in the place of someone who is not used to Linux:
> You have a document you want to open (and for some reason y
Hello Soren,
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 17:45, Soren Hansen wrote:
> You think "Evince" is more helpful than "Document Viewer"? How so?
I personally think we should keep both, e.g. "Document Viewer
(Evince)". Why not have an inclusive view instead of an exclusive one?
The exact instantiation could va
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 09:50:26AM -0500, Patrick Goetz wrote:
> It makes sense to me that all applications should be identified by
> their name as well as their function in gnome GUI menus.
I disagree. I /love/ the fact that our menu's aren't full of meaningless
names of applications. In fact, Gi
Patrick,
What a great line!!! Umm... "shoot the GUI"?? (my command-line response).
Thanks for the smile.
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Patrick Goetz wrote:
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> When the command line is more user friendly than the GUI, this should
> set off those little alarm bells that something needs to b
Hello,
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 16:50, Patrick Goetz wrote:
> I'm not sure what the answer is at the moment, but a no-brainer
> choice is to clearly identify WHAT application is being invoked from the
> menu.
I agree. Displaying a "Document Viewer (evince)" or "Document Viewer /
evince" would be a
