> >More importantly, there are classes of users who genuinely need to know >what file format is being used. For instance: > >- graphics professionals who need to deliver files in specific formats and >often have the same file in multiple formats. >- office workers who need to save their work in ODF or .sxw format, but >sometimes have to send a copy as .doc to people who demand Word documents. > >While they can get this information elsewhere, it's useful to see it at a >glance. > >For applications that have only one file format, or for files that are >never saved in multiple file formats, it's not useful. > >The HIG allows for this "useful"ness. > >
I think the right solution is the following. We must drop text from document icons as suggested by Rodney and introduce a short translatable mime type description (it may be empty for some mime types) in shared-mime-info database. After that we can show the mime type description over the icon in nautilus for example. I wonder if it's too late for this cycle but it can be certainly done in the next one. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
