Calum Benson wrote: > On 31 Mar 2008, at 23:21, Jacob Beauregard wrote: > >> The entire purpose of a branding (or in this case, brand naming) >> something is its value for differentiation. Its usefulness has its >> roots >> way before any of us were around. >> >> It is still typically bad practice not to include the purpose of an >> application in its description. Ex. who the hell would know what >> mousepad was at first sights? Also, how would I differentiate it from >> gedit if they're both named Text Editor? >> > > This is why we don't show the brand name of core GNOME desktop apps on > the menus-- so that if I have two text editors installed, I know which > one is the blessed, GNOME standard one that presumably meets certain > quality and integration criteria, and which one isn't. > > Users need to know that there is a difference. >> In the same sense, GNOME System >> Monitor would differentiate itself from KDE's system monitor. >> > > A system monitor is a system monitor. Why should the user care > whether they're running the 'GNOME' one or the 'KDE' one? We have a > lot of users who don't even know they're using GNOME, let alone the > difference between GNOME and KDE. (Hence the current HIG edict not to > use "GNOME" in an application's menu item.) > > The system monitors could be different, and users will generally hold preferences.
> Cheeri, > Calum. > > _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
