Link to gnome-control-center is session menu should be titled "System Settings"

[John Lea]

Link to gnome-control-center is session menu should be titled "System Settings"

In addition the gnome-control-center needs to be renamed to "System Settings" so it appears in the dash under that name. Ideally it would be nice if we could also replace all user visible references to "Control Centre" in the gnome-control-center to "System Settings".

This is a specific follow-on to bug #727823 ("Enable Gnome-Control-Center in Unity, and add "System Settings" link to the session indicator menu").

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

Menu should be titled "System settings..." to be absolutely specific :-)

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

"critical" seems a little overinflated, isn't it?

@Mark: I subscribed you as this request came from you. Right now we are using the string ("Control Center") from upstream gnome-control-center, which provides us translations for a lot of languages, too. If we now change this to a new string, it might get a bit better for English speakers, but a lot worse for everyone else. Is that worth the trouble?

Also, "System Settings" might be a bit misleading here? We previously had System -> Administration (system wide) and System -> Preferences (per-user configuration) to tell apart actions like "configure your screensaver" vs. "install drivers".

We already have the string "Preferences", i. e. that one would also have translations. However, while that emphasizes the per-user part, it doesn't refer to the admin-ish things like installing drivers or language support. But neither does "System Settings" IMHO.

So is "System Settings" already a firm design decision? Or could it e. g. be "Configure your computer..."?

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

OK, taking that as the definitive decision then, closing design task.

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

Thanks Pitti

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Changed in packaging bzr.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-control-center - 1:2.32.1-0ubuntu9

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gnome-control-center (1:2.32.1-0ubuntu9) natty; urgency=low

  * Add 54_ubuntu_rename_shell.patch: Rename control center shell to "System
    Settings", as per Ayatana design team decision. (LP: #733234)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:56:58 +0100

[Paul Sladen (sladen)]

"High", since UI freeze is coming, but not Critical since the world isn't going to end.

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

This will definitely be reviewed for Oneiric, but I think it's safe to
reduce the importance unless user testing demonstrates a real problem.

Mark