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[John Kinsella <kinsellaja@xxxxxxxxx>]

I disagree, dumbing down menu's will only lead to new users NOT learning
in the future...  Why not have a screen during install that shows the
Archive Manager and what it can do (mainly create ZIP files) and educate
instead ?!?

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Title:
  "Archive Manager" doesn't mean anything if you don't know what an
  "archive" is

Status in Archive File Behavior Research:
  New
Status in File Roller:
  New
Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Triaged
Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  A new user thinks "I need to create a zip file", and doesn't know how to do it.
  If you don't know that a zip file is an "archive", which many new users do not,
  then it's very difficult to tell how to create one. "Create archive" on the
  Nautilus context menu, "Archive Manager" in the Applications menu, etc, are all
  meaningless. (This happened to me today when someone I know rang me for
  technical support to ask how to create a zip file, and when I explained how, he
  said "what's an archive?")

  Suggested fixes (to be taken with a very large pinch of salt and replaced with
  better suggestions):
  Change "Create archive" to "Create compressed file" on the context menu
  Change "Archive Manager" to "Compressed Files" on the Applications menu (with
  tooltip "Create and edit compressed files")

  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300655:
  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300655

  Then won't you get questions like: "What's a compressed file"?
  Perhaps some other wording may help such as: "Create a safe copy of a
  file".

  Proposed solution: 
  * In context menu rename "Create Archive" to "Compress..."
  * The subsequent dialog box should be re-titled to read: "Create compressed file"
  * The input box on the dialog box should be re-labelled from 'Archive' to 'Filename'
  * Change "Archive Manager" to "Compressed Files" on the Applications menu (with tooltip "Create and edit compressed files")

  More data and discussion can be found here: 
  * http://www.designintheopen.org/profiles/blogs/zip-archive-package-or and
  * http://www.ivankamajic.com/?p=143#comment-23493

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