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Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] The Ethereal Help->About Ethereal... menu item and dialog box

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 01:11:42 -0700
On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 09:27:05AM -0700, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> It seems a bit inconsisten that the menu item is inconsistent with the 
> dialog box title.
> 
> The title says: Ethereal Information.
> 
> It should say About Ethereal

Well, Windows apps seem to use "About <app name>", except when they
don't (e.g., when they just put up their splash screen), as do Mac OS X
apps, at least on my 10.1 iBook.

KDE apps also appear to use "About <app name>"; GNOME apps seem to just
say "About".

I'd say "About Ethereal" is right.