what is "Document Viewer"?

David dgboles at comcast.net
Wed May 6 14:36:13 UTC 2009


On 5/6/2009 10:28 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 10:12 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>>> Other than a few well recognized brands like Firefox, generally end
>>> users don't know or care about the application names and only the
>>> functionality that it offers.
>> I disagree. I have at least three PDF viewers installed, any of which
>> could legitimately call itself "Document Viewer". Until the day comes
>> when there is Only One True Viewer, this is going to persist, and
>> obscuring the real name of the app helps no-one.

>> Why not "Evince Document Viewer"?

>> poc

> Also, if you are going to have a generic name, at lease have the
> option of picking the application in the Preferred Application menu.
> It is there for your WEB browser, mail reader, and a few others...


Why don't you edit your menus to fit you own needs and wishes?


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  David




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