Discussed this with Ivanka and she asked me to add a couple of screenshots, so the Design team could discuss this. Attaching one of the Applications Place and one of the Files Place.
unity-apps-place.png
I'm highlighting the Netbook Banshee Media Player icon and that name is shortened to "Netbook B...edia Player" Would a new user really know what the heck that is? I think the OpenOffice.org apps are similarly cryptic, though one could probably glean what they are.
unity-files-place.png
This is admittedly not great for demonstrating the point, but at least demonstrates the behaviour for the Design team to evaluate. I think the longer the file name the worse this will get.
Discussed this with Ivanka and she asked me to add a couple of screenshots, so the Design team could discuss this. Attaching one of the Applications Place and one of the Files Place.
unity-apps- place.png
I'm highlighting the Netbook Banshee Media Player icon and that name is shortened to "Netbook B...edia Player" Would a new user really know what the heck that is? I think the OpenOffice.org apps are similarly cryptic, though one could probably glean what they are.
unity-files- place.png
This is admittedly not great for demonstrating the point, but at least demonstrates the behaviour for the Design team to evaluate. I think the longer the file name the worse this will get.