I agree with the suggested name-change. +1 from me. On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 21:26, Brandon Watkins <bwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/25/2012 03:16 PM, Nekhelesh wrote: > > On 03/25/2012 09:13 PM, Evan Huus wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Alan Bell <alanb...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > >> On 25/03/12 19:06, Omar B. wrote: >> >> from an user study some time ago about ubuntu's showstoppers: >> >> >> http://design.canonical.com/2010/06/when-new-users-first-encounter-ubuntu-5-show-stoppers/ >> >> *3. Use of jargon* >> * >> * >> *During their exploration of Ubuntu, participants encountered words they >> didn’t know, or didn’t expect, or terms that they had no use for: examples >> included ‘Gwibber’,’broadcast’,’terminal’ and ‘server’. “You lose me >> with ‘terminal’ and ‘server’.” one person said.* >> * >> * >> *The use of such specialised language significantly influenced how users >> perceived the brand and the intended audience for Ubuntu. Some of the >> participants wondered whether Ubuntu was meant really for expert users >> rather than for them.* >> >> >> So I told a friend that ubuntu came with *social network integration >> (facebook/twitter)* right in the panel. >> >> She then later called me because she couldn't find the way to do it. >> >> I then explained to her that she needed to go to "*set up broadcast >> account".* >> * >> * >> She told me she didnt want to "broadcast stuff", she just wanted to get >> status updates from her friends on facebook... >> >> I then told her that what a broadcast account really meant is connect >> to her social network. >> >> So should we really be using the trademarks of proprietary services to >> label features of the operating system? Yes you might want to Hoover the >> carpet, and Xerox some documents and but you should understand that using a >> vacuum cleaner or a photocopier are the more correct general terms. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark. Arguably we could say >> that "social networks" is a more understood term than "broadcast accounts", >> but I don't think using the trademarks would be a good idea. I guess most >> people actually don't want to broadcast what they are doing, what they want >> to do is lurk and see what other people are doing. There are a lot more >> readers than writers on social networks. >> > > I don't think we should use brand-name terms for the label either > (especially since Gwibber supports so many different services), but I don't > think that's what Omar was suggesting. "Social Networking" or even just > "Social" would still work better for me than "Broadcast". > > Evan > > > +1..The term "Social Networking" is more clearer than "Broadcast". > > Nekhelesh > > > +1 to this. To many users the term "Broadcast" is a rather poor > indication of what this is. The term Social Networking would certainly be > an improvement. > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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