On 18 Aug 2008, at 11:06, Alfred Peng wrote:

> NAME
>     songbird - The desktop media player mashed-up with the Web.
>
> DESCRIPTION
>     Songbird is a complete desktop  media  player  or  "jukebox"
>     with a uniquely open approach to Internet digital media net-
>     work services.

IMHO, there's rather too much marketing-speak in here than is fitting  
for a manpage.  "Mashed-up" sounds too informal and imprecise, and a  
manpage shouldn't be trying to persuade me that any particular  
features are "unique" or "complete".

I just want a manpage to tell me what the application does, in the  
simplest and clearest way possible.  (I'm sure Sun must have a manpage  
style guide somewhere...)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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