On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 20:11 -0500, Lukas Sabota wrote: [snip] > > I have filed these bugs in their proper places and Stefan is beginning > to work on the ppracer one. Perhaps a standard should arise for desktop > entries. I believe there is a fd.o standard, perhaps that should be > used for the universe packages. I haven't looked at the standard, but I > believe a Wiki page should be created for creating desktop files. To > stay consistent, perhaps these basic points should be followed: > 1) Use proper spelling and capitalization, rather than the binary name > for title. I totally agree on this one, I don't know of programs that just use their binary name, though.
> 2) Have the title explain the program. Example: instead of "Totem", > have "Totem Movie Player". I'm in agreement here, too. > > 3) Have tooltips begin with verbs. Seems like a plan. > > I am in no means an expert in this field, but I do realize that some > sort of consistency is needed in this area. We should come up with a > standard (or perhaps enforce the fd.o one?) and enforce it in universe > and main. I don't know how much Ubuntu touches Universe, but definitely in main (of course, if Ubuntu _does_ touch Universe packages like that, then of course). > > What are your thoughts and ideas on this matter? Lets start sending patches. > > God bless, > Lukas > >
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