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[Brandon Watkins <bwat47@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, naming it something like "File Manager" is far clearer. Its a simple
name that explains what it does, and its easy for a user to understand.

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> cmaglothin wrote on 20/07/12 05:51:
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> > Not to detract from current conversation, but how is calling an
> > app that deals solely with files by the name Files bad?
>
> "Where do I go to organize my files?"
> "Files."
> "Yes, my files. Where do I go to do that?"
> "You go to Files."
> "Yes, that's what I want to know, how I can do that."
> "You open Files."
> "Yeah, that's what I want to do."
> "And I'm telling you."
> "Well, go on then. How do I get to my files?"
> "You launch Files."
> "Well, not necessarily. Maybe I just want to rename them."
> "You can do that too."
> "So where do I do it?"
> "You do it in Files."
> "I mean, what's the name of the program?"
> "No, Files is the name of the program."
> "What's the name of the program?"
> "Files is."
> "Files is what?"
> "FILES IS THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM."
> "Okay, calm down, I just asked a question. Show me a little empathy."
> "Oh, no, that's our chat program."
>
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