On 6 Aug 2008, at 00:10, Brian Cameron wrote:

>
> Harry:
>
> I notice in GNOME 2.20 the file before patching had this:
>
> _Name=Sound Juicer CD Extractor
> _GenericName=CD Extractor
> _Comment=Extract music from your CDs
>
> I think we wanted to remove the "Sound Juicer" string from the
> Menu entry.

Right-- actually, since Sound Juicer is part of the core GNOME  
desktop, the "Sound Juicer" part shouldn't be in the name on the  
upstream menus either.  The HIG says to use the functional name only,  
for core desktop apps.

>  It would probably make sense to update the UI
> spec so we use the upstream name.  I think the upstream
> "Audio CD Extractor" is as good as "CD Ripper".

The UI spec suggests a different name because, thanks to popular  
usage, more people are likely to know what a "CD Ripper" is than an  
"Audio CD Extractor", so it seemed like a more sensible choice.  Even  
Windows Media Player calls this function "ripping" rather than  
"extracting", IIRC.

As with all the proposed .desktop file differences in the UI spec, I'd  
suggest trying to push our version upstream first.  If the maintainer  
doesn't agree, then we can decide whether our version adds enough  
value to keep it or not.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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