"departments" is an awkward way to say "categories"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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unity-scope-click (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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dobey |
Bug Description
In the app scope, apps can be displayed by their logical group, in a hierarchy. Internet apps, games, word processing, etc. These groups are called departments, like a department store.
As far as I can tell, the usual term for this is "categories" instead of "departments". Not a huge issue, but a little awkward, especially for western-hemisphere folks.
A couple extra data points here, from the mailing list:
From: Nathan Haines <email address hidden>
Just as a usage note, this is perfectly identical in American English. But the
Ubuntu desktop already uses the term 'category' and "department" feels much
more suited to a physical store. (Specifically a department store.)
So that may help explain why it feels a little out of place.
From: Matthew Paul Thomas <email address hidden>
Ubuntu Software Center used to have "Departments". We switched to
"Categories" in 4.0, because that made more sense given the existence
of subcategories.
Related branches
- PS Jenkins bot (community): Approve (continuous-integration)
- Alejandro J. Cura (community): Approve
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Diff: 280 lines (+52/-46)3 files modifiedpo/unity-scope-click.pot (+48/-42)
scope/clickapps/apps-query.cpp (+1/-1)
scope/clickstore/store-query.cpp (+3/-3)
Changed in unity-scope-click (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
assignee: | Alejandro J. Cura (alecu) → Rodney Dawes (dobey) |
Changed in unity-scope-click (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
I've checked with design, and they agree to drop "Departments" there, so we'll fix this soon.