Public bug reported: In the app scope, apps can be displayed by their logical group, in a hierarchy. Internet apps, games, word processing, etc. These groups are called departments, like a department store.
As far as I can tell, the usual term for this is "categories" instead of "departments". Not a huge issue, but a little awkward, especially for western-hemisphere folks. A couple extra data points here, from the mailing list: From: Nathan Haines <[email protected]> Just as a usage note, this is perfectly identical in American English. But the Ubuntu desktop already uses the term 'category' and "department" feels much more suited to a physical store. (Specifically a department store.) So that may help explain why it feels a little out of place. From: Matthew Paul Thomas <[email protected]> Ubuntu Software Center used to have "Departments". We switched to "Categories" in 4.0, because that made more sense given the existence of subcategories. ** Affects: unity-scope-click (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: qa-daily-testing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1351536 Title: "departments" is an awkward way to say "categories" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-scope-click/+bug/1351536/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
