On 14 Mar 2006, at 01:07, Frank Ludolph wrote:

> I'm quite fine with the suggestion that only the function/generic  
> name be used for the 'small' apps, e.g. the on-screen keyboard.  
> There might be some discussions about apps that fall closer to the  
> center, e.g. a text/source editor or pdf viewer. (I would feel that  
> these should include the app names but others might disagree.)   
> Have there been serious complaints from developers of the "generic"  
> apps in past releases of JDS when all apps were given generic names?

No, in general they haven't cared what the menu item says, but some  
do still care enough not to want to change their applications to  
reflect that decision (which is what the GNOME Usability Team  
originally asked core GNOME apps to do).  Which is why (say) gedit  
still says refers to itself as 'gedit', and not Text Editor.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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