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Bug 602247 - Dialog for desktop sharing assumes male user
Dialog for desktop sharing assumes male user
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: vinagre
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.28.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
: ---
Assigned To: vinagre-maint
vinagre-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-11-17 20:50 UTC by awcomeon
Modified: 2009-11-24 23:03 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
example screenshot with Shannon, who is a lady. (260.59 KB, image/png)
2009-11-17 20:50 UTC, awcomeon 		Details

Description awcomeon 2009-11-17 20:50:12 UTC 
Created attachment 147993 [details]
example screenshot with Shannon, who is a lady.

I'm not sure whether this is a bug for Empathy or Vinagre, but when a user receives a request to "share desktops," the dialog takes the form "(user) wants to share his desktop with you". It's a little bit weird when (user) is female.
Comment 1 richalex2010 2009-11-18 06:14:10 UTC 
It seems that this could be fixed by replacing "his" with "their." As far as I could find, this is correct grammar.
Comment 2 Xavier Claessens 2009-11-18 08:05:16 UTC 
We should indeed have as much as possible gender-neutral texts. This string comes from Empathy.
Comment 3 Xavier Claessens 2009-11-18 08:09:27 UTC 
Oh sorry, that string comes from vinagre.
Comment 4 Xavier Claessens 2009-11-18 08:37:15 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> It seems that this could be fixed by replacing "his" with "their." As far as I
> could find, this is correct grammar.

indeed, I learned today that "their" can be used in this case. I though it was only for plural form but it is not :)
Comment 5 Danielle Madeley 2009-11-24 23:03:36 UTC 
Fixed in master.