[desktop entry spec] new FullName key

Patryk Zawadzki patrys at pld-linux.org
Mon Aug 3 00:14:01 PDT 2009


On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Luca Ferretti<elle.uca at libero.it> wrote:
> Let me assume that both KDE and GNOME are installed, choosing to use
> only Name, we'll have (html file, for example)
>
>  Open with Firefox
>  Open with Konqueror
>  Open with Gedit
>  Open with Kwrite
>  Open with Emacs
>  Open with OpenOffice.org Writer
>
> This way doesn't explain what the application does, users have to know
> this in advance.
>
> Choosing to use only GenericName
>
>  Open with Web Browser
>  Open with Web Browser
>  Open with Text Editor
>  Open with Text Editor
>  Open with Text Editor
>  Open with Word Processor

That's not really point of the discussion but I believe we should be
aiming at something closer to:

View in web browser (Epiphany)
View in web browser (Firefox)
Edit in text editor

...where actions have meaningful names and you only see the app name
when there's more than one candidate.

-- 
Patryk Zawadzki


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