NetworkManager name (possibly) breaks GNOME HIG

Bug #550667 reported by Benjamin Humphrey
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network-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: network-manager

I'm not sure, because I haven't read through the entire GNOME Human Interface Guidelines, but I think that NetworkManager should become Network Manager (with the space).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: network-manager 0.8-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Mon Mar 29 17:21:44 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100305)
IpRoute:
 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.7 metric 2
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static
Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_NZ.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: network-manager

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Benjamin Humphrey (humphreybc) wrote :
description: updated
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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

The only place I can see that NetworkManager is mentioned in Ubuntu at all is the "About NetworkManager Applet" window. Mentioning it by name seems like it's increasing cognitive load for no reason. You could just refer to the applet as "the network menu".

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Thomas Hood (jdthood) wrote :

This should probably be set to "wontfix".

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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote :

We don't show the applet window in the menu anymore, so AFAIK this bug is Fix Released -- if there is any other mention of NetworkManager somewhere (because the name won't change-- you can't show spaces reliably in a package name and other such places); then a bug should be filed for that particular package or system.

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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