GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 338050
About box doesn't mention Epiphany
Last modified: 2012-01-29 20:43:26 UTC
Epiphany 2.14.0, Ubuntu Dapper 1. From the "Help" menu, choose "About". What you see: GNOME Web Browser 2.14.0 Using “gecko-1.8” backend Copyright © 2002-2004 Marco Pesenti Gritti Copyright © 2003-2006 The GNOME Web Browser Developers What you should see: Epiphany 2.14.0 Lets you view Web pages and find information on the Internet. Powered by Gecko 1.8 Copyright © 2002-2004 Marco Pesenti Gritti Copyright © 2003-2006 the Epiphany developers On the other hand, if Epiphany's name really is "GNOME Web Browser", it shouldn't be called "Epiphany Web Browser" in the menu of applications.
I'll change the "comments" section in cvs. The name really is (GNOME) Web Browser; the menu item name was changed in bug 117661 (back then our name was still "Epiphany")... maybe we need to revisit this issue.
Well, the bugs are filed under Epiphany, so I think it's fair that people know what it is called... Just as the case is with Nautilus, Metacity and such... Another needed thing is for Bug Buddy (and bugzilla) to show the names as they are shown in the Applications menu... so the bugs can keep coming in...
For bugs, I'd rather have a menu item under for exactly this than requiring the user to find bug-buddy on his own...
Most of the people who we'd like to use this browser won't ever consciously use "GNOME", they'll use Ubuntu / Red Hat / SuSE / whatever. So there's no benefit from calling it "GNOME Web Browser" rather than "Epiphany Web Browser" unless: (a) The name "GNOME" is cooler than "Epiphany". But the opposite is true on several levels (capitalization being only one of them). (b) Distributors can be expected to patch it to "Ubuntu Web Browser", "Red Hat Web Browser", "SuSE Web Browser", etc. Evidence this won't happen can be found in the fact that none of them have done anything to fix the name of the GIMP. Calling it "Web Browser" would make more sense, were it not for the fact that most of the people who we'd like to use this Web browser, even if they're using a compatible OS, are currently using another Web browser and need to be persuaded to switch.
The comment text in About now reads like suggested in comment 0: Lets you view web pages and find information on the internet. Powered by Gecko 1.8 I'm still reluctant to mention "Epiphany" since I really hate that name and want to erase it...
Mass changing target 2.16 -> 2.18
Please, put the software name in about box. Epiphany or not, just put it there. The people report bug and they even know the package's name. I'm waiting for it in 2.18 :) Thanks.
If you really hate the name "Epiphany", that's fine, rename it when you next make major changes to the interface and feature set. But "Web Browser" is not a viable name in such a competitive genre.
Moving to 2.20 target due to feature and UI freeze for 2.18.
If you hate 'Epiphany', GNOME 3.0 is not that far away, and that would be a good opportunity to change it. Just saying :)
It now says 'Web'. Closing. Also consider that we might get rid of the about box sometime soon.
(In reply to comment #11) > It now says 'Web'. Closing. Also consider that we might get rid of the about > box sometime soon. Hmm. I don't really like the idea that contributors would lose the little bit of recognition that they get through the Credits in the About box!
(In reply to comment #12) > (In reply to comment #11) > > It now says 'Web'. Closing. Also consider that we might get rid of the about > > box sometime soon. > > Hmm. I don't really like the idea that contributors would lose the little bit > of recognition that they get through the Credits in the About box! Rid of it for a about: page, which likely will have the credits! :)