Re: [RESEND] [PATCH] Clean Up MIME Strings (was: Re:shared-mime-info's terminology)

[Christian Neumair <chris gnome-de org>]

On Mo, 2004-01-12 at 23:07 +0000, jirka 5z com wrote:
> > "Scalable SVG image"
> > "Medical DCM image"
> 
> Maybe
>  "Scalable (SVG) image"
>  "Medical (DCM) image"
> 
> That means the "technical" information is still there, but it's sort of
> optional (parenthetical).

I don't like this at all. Having secondary text in brackets that break
text flow is kinky.
It's NOT sort of optional, since you have to read it anyway and it
distracts you. Image formats tend to be sort of brand names. Many people
know what a "JPEG image" or a "GIF image" is, so we shouldn't provide it
as secondary but as primary information.

All words are created equal.

regs,
 Chris