Re: [Usability] desktop entry names, generic?



On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 18:14 -0400, Bryan Clark wrote:
> 
> Problem being that in this discussion came the idea that the GNOME base
> applications should carry only the GNOME brand.  When I say the GNOME
> brand, what I mean is _no brand at all_.  So if "Joe Image Viewer" is
> part of the desktop release and the default GNOME Image Viewer it's menu
> item name remains "Image Viewer", no matter how many other Image Viewer
> applications are installed in parallel.  Now when the user installs
> "Crackbox Image Viewer" the "Joe Image Viewer" retains the name "Image
> Viewer" as it's 'brand' or proper name is to be a part of the desktop.

How is this scheme supposed to work with 'preferred applications'
preferences?   At the moment I can pick my favorite web browser but
whenever I start the "Web Browser" from the menus I get Epiphany
instead.  Same for all other 'preferred applications' - something else
is started from the menus.


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Tommi Komulainen                                 tommi komulainen iki fi
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