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Re: Geary Naming

 

I think too many distros use generic names like this. I like the current
names better.

- mamemame187
On Sep 19, 2012 11:36 AM, "Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff" <
sergey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm all for using debranded apps too, but switching to showing GenericName
> instead X-GNOME-Fullname alone is not sufficient.
>
> Okay, let's say we have debranded apps. Now Totem is "Movie Player" and
> Audience is too. What happens if elementary OS user installs Totem or
> Ubuntu user installs Audience? They get two "Movie Player"s with the same
> icons which are in fact different apps.
>
> So *if* we go for it, we'll also have to make Slinghot detect and handle
> such collisions: either show X-GNOME-Fullname for each "colliding" app
> (resulting in "Totem Movie Player" and "Audience Movie Player"
> respectively), or show GenericName for apps that are set as default ones
> and X-GNOME-Fullname for other colliding apps (resulting in "Movie Player"
> for default player and full branded name for the other one).
>
> And please, read "X-GNOME-Fullname" thread in the archives before
> commenting on this further, it has a good list of pros and cons of this
> approach.
>
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> Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
> OS architect @ elementary
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