On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 17:43 +1030, Clytie Siddall wrote: > On 22/02/2006, at 5:01 AM, Shaun McCance wrote: > > > Now, I'm all for saying what an application is in the > > menu, regardless of whether we use the real name. I > > have no problems with items like "Epiphany Web Browser". > > This is what Sound Juicer does right now: Sound Juicer > > CD Ripper. Best of all worlds. > > Too long for some places, though, aren't they? > > Also, in translation, it's often difficult to find a way of > translating a string so it fits in a menu item, on a button or toolbar. > > We do our best, but having longer or more detailed descriptions makes > it harder for us, if it has to fit in or on something. > > A longer description, like "Epiphany Web Browser" is excellent for > window titles, and possibly the application-list menu. Will it fit > everywhere else it needs to be displayed?
You don't need to display the generic name everywhere. Here's an analogy: Let's say you head downtown, and there's this wonderful bakery and café. Fro the sake of argument, let's say it's called Pekara. They have their name written on the awning outside, and it says something like "Pekara - Café and Bakery". That way, when you're walking by, you know exactly what it is. But they don't have to subtext every single occurrence of their name. Similarly, a menu item can say "Epiphany Web Browser", but we don't have to write that whole bit everywhere we mention Epiphany. In fact, the title of the help file can just be "Epiphany Help", because we can also provide a long description that will be shown in Yelp. Using generic names in the menu is simply a matter of discoverability. If you see just "Epiphany" in the menu, how are you supposed to know what it is? But if you have "Epiphany Web Browser", you immediately know that it's a web browser, and you also know it's named Epiphany. Once you have the application open, we don't have to constantly tell you that it's a web browser. We can just use the name Epiphany. -- Shaun _______________________________________________ gnome-doc-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list
