Re: User-Friendly Names

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>]

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, John J. Boyer wrote:

> Hello,
> For Gnome to really compete against Windows, the names of components on 
> the desktop should be more descriptive. For example, i keep forgetting 
> what Evolution does. I'm just studying Gnome, but I thought I should point 
> this out before the exotic names became a habit.
> This follows the path that Unix has been taking since the beginning - too 
> much jargon. For example, nobody seems to know what "dired" means.
> The non-descriptive names may seem interesting, but people who just want 
> to use a computer to get their work done will appreciate names like "file 
> Manager" instead of "Nautilus."
> John
> 

So, evolution would become 'Messaging Client' or 'Ximian Messaging Client' ?

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