what is "Document Viewer"?

[brian]

David wrote:
> 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?
> 

Isn't that what Patrick was suggesting?

Anyway, thanks all for the responses. It's heartening to know that I'm 
not the only person who thought that was unnecessarily cryptic.