[Bug 1009686] Re: Change window title from "Software Updater" to...anything else?

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Calling a window a "Manager" is almost always a symptom of being
indirect. Back in the dark days of Mozilla, pre-Firefox, it had so many
Managers -- "Bookmarks Manager", "Certificate Manager", "Cookie
Manager", "Form Manager", "Password Manager", "Profile Manager", and so
on -- that one of the developers once parodied it by implementing a
"Manager Manager" to launch them all. Their modern-day Firefox
equivalents are mostly more straightforward: for example "Bookmarks",
"Cookies", and "Saved Passwords".

That's the approach I followed here. Calling this window an "Update
Manager" makes it sound more complicated than it is. "Software Updater"
conveys more meaning in the same number of syllables.

Now, it's possible that there is a reason not to use the word "Updater". Maybe indeed it "doesn't sound
natural" to an important proportion of English speakers, and there's something else that would be better. But if you want to make a case for that, bring data. Don't just link to two Google+ posts, written by the same person, wherein most of the comments are irrelevant. Thanks.

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Change window title from "Software Updater" to...anything else?

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  In 12.10, "Update Manager" is now being called "Software Updater."

  http://iloveubuntu.net/update-manager-renamed-software-updater-
  ubuntu-1210

  There's also some debate whether "Do you want to install it now?"
  should be "Do you want to install them now?"

  IMHO, we should just remove the second sentence altogether. The dialog
  should just be, "Updated software is available."

  (1) Can we change the name of the window title from "Software Updater" to "Software Updates" ... [or something else]
  (2) Can we drop the second sentence in the dialog box.

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