[Karmic] Heads up

[Tom H]

Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> The fact that there has been this discussion about the meaning of the
> term Software Store shows that at least some consider that it does not
> convey the required meaning. Others may say that it is obvious, but
> it is patently not obvious to all.
> This raises the question whether the term Add/Remove... under
> Applications conveyed the required meaning. Can anyone point to any
> ambiguity here with this term?  If anyone clicked on it would they be
> surprised by the result. Would a new user coming from Windows be
> confused by this?  In fact why is it necessary to change it at all?

The first time that I chose "Add/Remove" I was expecting to edit the
Applications menu and not launch an apt-get GUI.

And, as others have said, "Store" brings to mind the iTunes Store and
the (iPhone) App Store, neither of which have anything free (as far as
I know). So "Store" is a misguided choice to describe a GUI
installer/uninstaller of free apps, in spite of the IT meaning of data
store. It reminds me of WinXP's "Start" button that you have to use to
shutdown.