Thanks Jon, I'm not trying to be painful, but if this has come up a few times (and gnome-shell isn't exactly wide spread yet), won't it come up quite a few more times? An FAQ is fine, but if something as central as that button needs an FAQ, perhaps it could be reviewed now while you can?
Kind regards. -----Original Message----- From: William Jon McCann [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 11:22 AM To: Shane Nuessler Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Overview menu Hi Shane, On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Shane Nuessler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > The menu name "Activities", doesn't really encompass what the overlay > provides, is a document an activity? > > Marina on the web site has to say "The panel has the Activities button > for switching to the overview" > (http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet) > > Why not call the menu button "Overview" This has come up a few times. We probably need to create a FAQ at some point. My answer to this is usually something like the following... The Activities Overview is a specific type of overview. It allows for an overview of your activities. Since it affords access to your activities we label the item "Activities." The usage is similar to a Places Menu that offers a list of places and is labeled "Places." To answer the other part of your question. A document is not an activity but doing something with a document is. The Activities Overview is all about doing - what am I doing now and what I may want to do next. Hope that helps, Jon _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
