Hey, On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 14:10 -0800, Frank Ludolph wrote: > Calum, > > Like Sharon I also hate not knowing what web browser, mail app, word > processor, pdf viewer, etc. will be run from the launch menu. But then I > don't care to know the name of the on-screen keyboard app or other such > utilities. Given in that one case I want to know and that in the other > case I don't, and that I would learn most of the ones I care about > within a few uses, I wouldn't want choice 1.
FWIW, and I'm not qualified to speak other than my personal preference, I quite like this approach. Identify the applications with major brand awareness, and promote those to 'Name Function' eg. Firefox Web Browser, Adobe Reader. All the rest get generic names. Glynn
