I think too many distros use generic names like this. I like the current names better.
- mamemame187 On Sep 19, 2012 11:36 AM, "Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff" < ser...@elementaryos.org> wrote: > I'm all for using debranded apps too, but switching to showing GenericName > instead X-GNOME-Fullname alone is not sufficient. > > Okay, let's say we have debranded apps. Now Totem is "Movie Player" and > Audience is too. What happens if elementary OS user installs Totem or > Ubuntu user installs Audience? They get two "Movie Player"s with the same > icons which are in fact different apps. > > So *if* we go for it, we'll also have to make Slinghot detect and handle > such collisions: either show X-GNOME-Fullname for each "colliding" app > (resulting in "Totem Movie Player" and "Audience Movie Player" > respectively), or show GenericName for apps that are set as default ones > and X-GNOME-Fullname for other colliding apps (resulting in "Movie Player" > for default player and full branded name for the other one). > > And please, read "X-GNOME-Fullname" thread in the archives before > commenting on this further, it has a good list of pros and cons of this > approach. > > -- > Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff > OS architect @ elementary > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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