GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 677113
Rename Displays panel as External Displays
Last modified: 2013-04-19 21:08:34 UTC
We have an running issue with the relationship between the Screen and Displays panels (as documented in bug 653015 and bug 668351). The names have a similar meaning and the icons are also very similar, so people find it difficult to tell the difference between the two. In my mind, Displays is primarily about configuring additional external displays, such as projectors or secondary monitors. Changing its name to External Displays or Secondary Displays would help to make the distinction clear. It would help to have an icon that conveys this message too. It could include a monitor and a projector, for example. (See bug 641936 and bug 677112.)
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Well, most users have still one screen and for them that panel is used to configure the screen resolution and orientation, "external displays" would be weird on i.e a laptop where you only have the laptop display in use
(In reply to comment #2) > Well, most users have still one screen and for them that panel is used to > configure the screen resolution and orientation, "external displays" would be > weird on i.e a laptop where you only have the laptop display in use Changing the resolution of the single monitor isn't one of the targetted use cases though. Doesn't mean it won't be possible, but it's not the target.
(In reply to comment #2) > Well, most users have still one screen and for them that panel is used to > configure the screen resolution and orientation, "external displays" would be > weird on i.e a laptop where you only have the laptop display in use Agree about rotation. Maybe that's something we need in Brightness and Lock (might have to become Screen and Lock).
> Changing the resolution of the single monitor isn't one of the targetted use cases though. right, still have an "external display" icon listing your laptop display only seems a bit misleading or confusing wouldn't "displays layout" or similar work there?
Back to square 1! :(
Go ahead and rename it to "External Displays". Changing the resolution/rotation of a single display is rare enough these days that a) the inaccuracy of the name doesn't really matter; b) people who change resolutions know what they are doing anyway; c) we can always have a "resolution" combo in the Screen capplet, next to the one for Rotation, if the display indeed allows changing resolutions (something rare these days with LCD screens). ("TVs, Projectors, and Monitors" is too long for th capplet's name, isn't it?)
(In reply to comment #5) > right, still have an "external display" icon listing your laptop display only > seems a bit misleading or confusing See bug #677399 for this case, about making the capplet more clear when there is only a single display.
I saw this report and thought, "well, that's a silly idea". Then I realised that I created it. If you are using a laptop and a multimonitor setup, the laptop display is clearly within the scope of the panel. Anyway, the primary motivation for this bug was to resolve the similarity between the screen and displays panels. Since we don't have the screen panel any more, it's not much of an issue any more.