Epiphany .desktop name

[Marco Pesenti Gritti <mpeseng tin it>]

Hi,

I'm working on a patch to add epiphany to gnome-mime-data but I'm
blocked by this issue:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117661

Basically freedesktop spec would require something like this in the
.desktop:

Name=Epiphany
GenericName=Web Browser

This would result in an "Epiphany" label in the menu.
GenericName is currently ignored (I think).

The HIG suggests:

1 If your application's proper name is already descriptive of its
functionality, and not just suggestive, use the format: Application Name

2 If there is a succinct functional description of your application, use
the format: ApplicationName FunctionalDescription

Dave is willing to consider Epiphany a code the name, while the real
application name should be functional. This would fall in case 1, and
should be implemented like:

Name = Web Browser
GenericName= Web Browser

If we consider Epiphany the application name, the implementation would
be

Name = Epiphany Web Browser
GenericName = Web Browser

Personally while I think using functional names for applications is
positive, with so many browsers available (and distributions that ship
more than one), it could create problems. So I'm unsure ...

Opinions ?

Marco