On 21 Feb 2006, at 14:12, Joachim Noreiko wrote:

I can *sort of* see the reason for this, because you
get simpler items in the menu, eg 'Archive Manager'.
But the policy isn't carried through system wide,
because when you choose that from the menu, up pops a
window called 'File Roller'!

This part was certainly a compromise. The usability team originally wanted the generic names for core applications to be used throughout the application (except, perhaps, in its About box) as well as on the Applications menu, but some maintainers weren't happy at the prospect of losing their project names.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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