[desktop entry spec] new FullName key

Matthew Woehlke mw_triad at users.sourceforge.net
Fri Aug 7 12:08:16 PDT 2009


William Jon McCann wrote:
> Also, if we were to use parenthesis in English (and I don't think we
> should) we would want it to read "Ephiphany (Web Browser)".

...not if the objective is to say "this is a web browser (specifically, 
Epiphany, in case that matters to you)"... which seems to be the purpose 
of having a generic name, in my experience.

The point here is that "Epiphany" doesn't mean much to a new user, 
whereas "Web Browser" does. The reason for including the branded name is 
disambiguation when you have more than one instance of Application Type.

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