GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 322767
Applications menu item wording is poor
Last modified: 2005-12-11 03:32:13 UTC
Distribution/Version: Ubuntu Breezy Go to Applications | Graphics. The item reads 'F-Spot' and the tooltip reads 'Photo Management'. These strings do not follow the HIG and make the application less discoverable by being terse and uninformative. More useful/descriptive/HIG-ified strings should be used.
Some suggestions: * Title describing f-spot's purpose/usage, e.g. 'F-Spot Photo Manager' * Tooltip providing more information, e.g. '[Organise|Manage] your [digital] photo collection' Relevant files in CVS are: /f-spot/f-spot.desktop.in.in /f-spot/f-spot-view.desktop.in /f-spot/po/*
Good ideas! I like "F-Spot Photo Manager". I would suggest "Organize, enjoy, and share your photos" as the tooltip. Larry?
Here's a patch that does what I mentioned above. This style is similar to that used by Tomboy, Gnumeric, and Firefox on my Breezy system (eg the Name for them is "Tomboy Notes", "Gnumeric Spreadsheet", and "Firefox Web Browser"). Index: f-spot.desktop.in.in =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/gnome/f-spot/f-spot.desktop.in.in,v retrieving revision 1.3 diff -u -r1.3 f-spot.desktop.in.in --- f-spot.desktop.in.in 19 Sep 2005 21:46:40 -0000 1.3 +++ f-spot.desktop.in.in 1 Dec 2005 18:45:38 -0000 @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Encoding=UTF-8 -_Name=F-Spot -_GenericName=Photo Management -_Comment=Photo Management +_Name=F-Spot Photo Manager +_GenericName=Photo Manager +_Comment=Organize, enjoy, and share your photos Exec=f-spot Icon=f-spot-logo StartupNotify=true
Nice work! I'm happy with your patch, it fully addresses the issue as far as I'm concerned.
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