Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > On Jan 15, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Rick Spencer wrote: >> >> On 01/15/2009 10:46 AM, Aaron Toponce wrote: >>> >>> Except those who are coming from Windows, which is a larger userbase >>> than those coming from the iPhone or Android markets, are used to the >>> Add/Remove programs in the Control Panel. >> >> Actually, this has gotten kind of muddled in Windows. It is now >> something called "Programs and Features", which is yet another control >> panel that launches wizards for individual applications that you may >> have installed (or can install depending if you are in a corporate >> environment that supports it). >> ... > > And even when it was called "Add/Remove Programs", it was overwhelmingly > used for uninstalling programs, not for installing them. It offered no > selection of programs you could install. >
And this a good argument in favor of changing the name to Software Library - Windows users expect an Add/Remove Programs, and they expect it to be only capable of uninstalling. We were talking at UDS-Jaunty about how to better inform users that there are thousands of free applications they can add, so making us stand out from Windows here definitely helps. I support it. Thanks, Scott Ritchie -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
