[Bug 1004917] [NEW] Default activity name in English, "New Activity", is confusing

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The default plasma activity is called "New Activity".

This is confusing because it makes the "cashew" look like a button to be
used to create a new activity rather than a way of accessing options
related to the current activity (whatever it happens to be named).

The purpose and functions of Activities are left for the user to
discover by trial and error, and so they are not the easiest thing to
get to grips with in the first place. The "New Activity" name can only
make things worse, for example by implying that the menu items that pop
up from the cashew are for creating new activities, potentially leading
the user to believe that widgets and groups are both types of
"activity".

n.b.: I apologise that I was unable to find out what the proper name is
for the thing that I know only as the "cashew".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: plasma-desktop 4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 26 16:23:08 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/plasma-desktop
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kde-workspace
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: kde-workspace (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise
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Default activity name in English, "New Activity", is confusing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1004917
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