On Aug 11, 2006, at 2:47 PM, Alan Horkan wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, Chipzz wrote: > ... >> <Clueless user> Baobab? WTF is Baobab? > > Two words: disk usage. > > It is also a type of tree.
Chipzz was voicing a likely question of someone who hasn't seen Baobab before upon encountering "Open in Baobab", not being a clueless user him-/her-self. Brand names should be used for things where competition or standards compliance is important (e.g. operating systems, Web browsers, Internet protocols, file formats). For something as mundane as a "View by Size" menu item, go for obviousness instead. > This was discussed recently > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2006-July/ > msg00681.html Yes, Chipzz's message is part of that same thread. > ... > The third item listed by google for the word Baobab is the homepage for > the Baobab disk usage program: > http://www.marzocca.net/linux/baobab.html > ... Are you suggesting that someone be expected to search Google to understand menu items in a file manager? -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
