what is "Document Viewer"?

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Wed May 6 14:28:14 UTC 2009


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...

Mikkel
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