Generic names may lack pizzazz, but they are good at providing quick descriptions of their functionality to new users. Also, generic names are usually very simple/clean (read: minimalist). Basically they're highly functional. On Sep 19, 2012 11:25 PM, "Brendan" <school.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 >> >> > -- > 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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