Consistency with starting applications.

[Dean Sas]

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Jeff Schering wrote:
> On 3/13/06, Dean Sas <dean at deansas.org> wrote:
>> When telling the user to run a program we use three different ways:
>> to run &application;, choose
>> to start &application;, choose
>> to open &application;, choose
>>
>> I have two questions:
>> Is there any one way preferred above the others?
> 
> It's an issue that we need to look at more closely for Ubuntu docs,
> but for now the short answer is: start an application, open a menu,
> run a server, display a dialog, and launch nothing (but you use a
> launcher to start, open, run, or display).
> 

That's one I missed, we launch applications too, particularly in
add-applications.xml

> So it looks like (according to GNOME style guide) you open a menu,
> start an application, run a server, and display a dialog. I suggest
> that we can go with this for now, but it's something that needs to be
> looked at in more detail. The GNOME guide seems to make distinctions
> that only developers care about, but the distinctions should also take
> end users into account. For example, do users understand "open your
> browser and navigate to..." better than "start your browser and
> navigate to...", or do they even care?

I'd guess that 'start' or 'open' would be the most understood, with
'launch' being the least.

>> Are entries not using any one true way bugs?
>>
> I would say no, not bugs until after the docs have been released and
> we have a firm policy. In the meantime, I would say change those that
> you come across but let the proofreaders catch the rest. If you were
> to file a bug, it should probably be something along the lines of 
> "there's no onsistency and we need a policy."

I didn't mean, 'should I file a bug?', but rather 'shall I amend
everything to the standard way'. If there's a policy to be decided on
first then I guess this should be left till dapper +1.

Dean
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