On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Sean P. DeNigris <[email protected]> wrote: > Ben Coman wrote >> We should at least change the Nautilus title bar to "Nautilus System >> Browser" (or just "System Browser" ?) > > Part of the problem is that we have overloaded system categories to package > code for SCM. System categories should be tags (preferably multiple allowed) > which offer a logical view of the system. Packages, the POV we show now, are > orthogonal and much less useful for users. > > The other complication is that we have jumped onto the fad now to have cool > names for all software projects which offer no guidance as to what the code > actually does - a la Ruby, Sinatra, Rails. While this mysteriousness may > generate excitement for the project, it seems far less useful once we > integrate things in the image. What does/could Nautilus mean to a new user? > Taking a cue from Mac - the core apps are called Mail, Contacts, Maps, > Notes; not Sandcastle, Cabana, SkippingStone, and Umbrella ;) At least Opal > has the word Compiler attached to it!
Agreed. Also take a cue from Microsoft and their successful applications (I wonder what they could possibly be uesed for?): * Word * SQLServer * Internet Explorer * Publisher * Media Player Of course the incumbent players have the luxury of already having an audience to take the dominant position on the app names. But the situation is a bit the same for tools delivered by by default with the standard Image. cheers -ben
