Gimp vs GNU Image Manipulation Program
 

Hi,
previous fedora versions had "Gimp" as entry in "open with" gnome menu
and now it is "GNU Image Manipulation Program".


What do you think is better "Gimp" or "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
for a name in the menu?


Also in Gnome Aplications menu there is "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
but most people know only about Gimp to that can be confusing.


Valent.

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On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 20:55 +0100, Valent Turkovic wrote:
> previous fedora versions had "Gimp" as entry in "open with" gnome menu
> and now it is "GNU Image Manipulation Program".
>
> What do you think is better "Gimp" or "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
> for a name in the menu?
>
> Also in Gnome Aplications menu there is "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
> but most people know only about Gimp to that can be confusing.

I believe this is a question for upstream, since as far as I'm aware we
don't modify the name in the supplied desktop file.

Later,
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On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 20:55 +0100, Valent Turkovic wrote:
>
> Also in Gnome Aplications menu there is "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
> but most people know only about Gimp to that can be confusing.

How does somebody new to Linux know what "gimp" does?
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Gimp vs GNU Image Manipulation Program
 

Valent Turkovic escribió:

Hi,
previous fedora versions had "Gimp" as entry in "open with" gnome menu
and now it is "GNU Image Manipulation Program".


What do you think is better "Gimp" or "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
for a name in the menu?


Also in Gnome Aplications menu there is "GNU Image Manipulation
Program" but most people know only about Gimp to that can be confusing.


Valent.



Actually I bumped into this "problem" when I migrated from F7 to F8, and
it struck me as a surprise quite a bit. I much rather have GIMP back
than "GNU Image Manipulation Program" or "Programa de Manipulación de
Imágenes GNU" in my Spanish session.


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Jesse Keating escribió:

On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 20:55 +0100, Valent Turkovic wrote:

Also in Gnome Aplications menu there is "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
but most people know only about Gimp to that can be confusing.



How does somebody new to Linux know what "gimp" does?

Not only Linux users are familiar with The GIMP. It has picked up a
surprisingly high esteem among Windows users due to its Free nature. In
fact, I know many users who knew of The GIMP first and Linux second... I
wouldn't disregard the brand recognition as easily ;-)


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On 2008-03-24, 23:48 GMT, Jesse Keating wrote:
> How does somebody new to Linux know what "gimp" does?

I think we hurt gimp's branding by removing that particular name
from the menus. Yes, this is one of the most famous free software
and many people know it by its name. Can we have at least "Image
manipulation (GIMP)"?

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On 2008-03-24, 23:46 GMT, Brian Pepple wrote:
> I believe this is a question for upstream, since as far as I'm
> aware we don't modify the name in the supplied desktop file.

OK, than IMHO this is stupid, but their problem.

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Matej Cepl wrote:

On 2008-03-24, 23:46 GMT, Brian Pepple wrote:
I believe this is a question for upstream, since as far as I'm
aware we don't modify the name in the supplied desktop file.


OK, than IMHO this is stupid, but their problem.


I'll argue this is *our* problem. The Fedora Desktop is not just a bunch
of packages thrown together, it is supposed to be more than that: have
consistency and a vision behind it.


As a long time GIMP user, with my memory muscle trained to find it in
the menu, it was a pain for me (and I sill have not recovered
completely) to launch it, I still look for The Gimp and see GNU something.


Here is how the Graphics menu looks on my F8 desktop:
Agave
FontForge
Fyre
GNU Image Manipulation Program
gThumb Image Viewer
Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor
ScannerTool

Quite inconsistent, but if I would try to apply some logic, it would
look like the application name is "GNU" and the description is "Image
Manipulation Program".


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On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 07:32 +0100, Matej Cepl wrote:
> On 2008-03-24, 23:48 GMT, Jesse Keating wrote:
> > How does somebody new to Linux know what "gimp" does?
>
> I think we hurt gimp's branding by removing that particular name
> from the menus. Yes, this is one of the most famous free software
> and many people know it by its name. Can we have at least "Image
> manipulation (GIMP)"?

If at all, they hurt their own branding as this is the desktop file they
distribute.

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On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 20:55 +0100, Valent Turkovic wrote:
> Hi,
> previous fedora versions had "Gimp" as entry in "open with" gnome menu
> and now it is "GNU Image Manipulation Program".
>
> What do you think is better "Gimp" or "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
> for a name in the menu?
>
> Also in Gnome Aplications menu there is "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
> but most people know only about Gimp to that can be confusing.

This is how upstream does it and I'm very much inclined not to change
that as this would mean that we would have to care for the translation
of that string.

Upstream might change it for 2.6 but defaults to leave it as it is
unless somebody comes forward with compelling reasons to change it
again.

Nils
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