Re: Baobab

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On Aug 11, 2006, at 2:47 PM, Alan Horkan wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, Chipzz wrote:
> ...
> > <Clueless user> Baobab? WTF is Baobab?
>
> Two words: disk usage.
>
> It is also a type of tree.

Chipzz was voicing a likely question of someone who hasn't seen Baobab  
before upon encountering "Open in Baobab", not being a clueless user  
him-/her-self.

Brand names should be used for things where competition or standards  
compliance is important (e.g. operating systems, Web browsers, Internet  
protocols, file formats). For something as mundane as a "View by Size"  
menu item, go for obviousness instead.

> This was discussed recently
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2006-July/ 
> msg00681.html

Yes, Chipzz's message is part of that same thread.

> ...
> The third item listed by google for the word Baobab is the homepage for
> the Baobab disk usage program:
> http://www.marzocca.net/linux/baobab.html
> ...

Are you suggesting that someone be expected to search Google to  
understand menu items in a file manager?

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