Bug 741465 - Better names for Icons related to software update
Summary: Better names for Icons related to software update
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-desktop3
Version: 16
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Richard Hughes
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-09-26 22:00 UTC by Zdenek Chmelar
Modified: 2011-10-30 21:18 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-10-30 21:18:14 UTC
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Refence picture to reported bug (34.98 KB, image/png)
2011-09-26 22:02 UTC, Zdenek Chmelar
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Description Zdenek Chmelar 2011-09-26 22:00:50 UTC
Description of problem:
It's confusing (mainly for Linux newcomers) to have (almost) identical names under the icons of two different tools ("Software Update Preferences" and "Software Update").

Current icons naming is "Software Update(s)" where just the letter "s" makes the difference between both tools (please see attachment for reference purposes).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 16 RC2 (live-cd and previous versions as well)


Actual results:
Icons with almost the same name in Application list of Activities


Expected results:
Different names that would better fit the purpose of the tools and it will be clear what kind of application / tool will be started after clicking on the icon.

For discussion / proposal:
Maybe merging both tools into the one could improve the impression / feeling of fragmented and unpolished environment. (I mean do we need several special icons in application list if all of them serve one purpose - to update our system? 'Software update preferences' are already part of the 'Package Manager for Gnome' so we do not need to have additional / separate icon for it. Or the configuration of the system updates could be located in 'System Settings' panel only).
This could be valid for all other configuration tools/programs that have separate icons from the main applications using these settings. It means, each application could be configured directly in the application itself or from one central place - 'System Settings'. 
Herewith, reduction of (more or less) duplicated icons and centralization of the system configuration to one place could improve the user experience and the newcomers could easier understand how the environment works.

Comment 1 Zdenek Chmelar 2011-09-26 22:02:40 UTC
Created attachment 524996 [details]
Refence picture to reported bug

Comment 2 Zdenek Chmelar 2011-10-11 17:16:29 UTC
Component category changed since this is not application related bug but desktop.

Comment 3 Zdenek Chmelar 2011-10-30 21:18:14 UTC
Was fixed in updates. Thanks for that!


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