UX: clarify "Empty Document" to "Empty File"
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Description
Distribution
Mint 22.3
Package version
nemo 6.6.3
Frequency
Always
Bug description
literally every layperson I hand out Mint laptops to stumbles over "Empty Document" not doing what they expect. They expect a Libreoffice writer document, but get a 0-length file without extension they don't know what to do with. Sometimes goes so far, they assume they can't write texts on Linux Mint.
Don't believe me, if on doubt, put it under UX test with real new users.
Steps to reproduce
right-click in the file list area and see "Create New Document" and then "Empty Document".
Expected behavior
right-click in the file list area and see "Create New File" and then "Empty File".
Additional information
Out-of-the-box templates could mitigate this issue, however the wording "Document" is inferior to "File".
nemo calls itself file browser, not document browser.
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Search the Nemo source and UI strings for "Create New Document" and "Empty Document". Update the labels to the requested "Create New File" and "Empty File", then verify the right-click file-list menu displays the new wording.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 74/100