Task:Fremantle application categories

This page defines the Application Categories that applications can slot into. They will then appear in this category in the Application Manager on the user's tablet.

The following is the current draft of the Application categories.

Key Example English i18n Example apps
user/desktop Desktop Home, statusbar and taskbar applets
user/development Programming py2deb
user/education Education Flashcard apps
user/games Games Doom, Duke Nukem 3D
user/graphics Graphics Photo apps, GIMP, Inkscape, fonts
user/multimedia Multimedia or Sound & Video Canola, mplayer, Kagu, UKMP, MediaBox
user/navigation (Location &) Navigation maemo-mapper, Navit
user/network Internet & Networking Web browsers, Samba clients, OpenAFS, Transmission
user/office Office GPE, Claws, AbiWord
user/science Science gnuplot, Octave
user/system System rotation-support, enhanced kernels, themes
user/utilities Utilities or Accessories Calculators, terminals, text editors

If the package's section starts "user/", but is not any of the above, the Application Manager forces them into an "Other" section.

Proposed changes

Add "Sharing plugins" category

The following category should be added:

Key Example English i18n Example apps
user/sharing Sharing Plugins Plugins that add additional upload and download protocols to applications, such as a Flickr photo upload.

See here for a discussion.

Translations

Application category must be translated into all supported languages.

Key en_GB en_US es_MX nl_NL pt_BR no_NO fi_FI it_IT fr_CA da_DK pt_PT sv_SE fr_FR es_ES ru_RU de_DE
user/desktop Desktop Desktop Escritorio Bureaublad Área de Trabalho Skrivebord Työpöytä Desktop Bureau Skrivebord Área de Trabalho Skrivbord Bureau Escritorio Рабочий стол Desktop
user/development Programming Programming Programación Ontwikkeling Desenvolvimento Programming Ohjelmointi Programmazione Programmation Programmering Desenvolvimento Programmering Programmation Programación Программирование Entwicklung
user/education Education Education Educación Educatief Educação Undervisning Opiskelu Educazione Éducation Undervisning Educação Utbildning Éducation Educación Образование Bildung
user/games Games Games Juegos Spelletjes Jogos Spill Pelit Giochi Jeux Spil Jogos Spel Jeux Juegos Игры Spiele
user/graphics Graphics Graphics Gráficos Grafisch Gráficos Grafikk Grafiikka Grafica Graphismes Grafik Gráficos Grafik Graphismes Gráficos Графика Grafik
user/multimedia Multimedia Multimedia Multimedia Multimedia Multimídia Multimedia Multimedia Multimedia Multimédia Multimedier Multimédia Multimedia Multimédia Multimedia Мультимедия Multimedia
user/navigation Location & Navigation Location & Navigation Localización y Navegación Locatie en Navigatie Posicionamento e Navegação Posisjon og Navigasjonen Paikannus ja navigointi Posizione e Navigazione Localisation et Navigation Position og Navigation Posicionamento e Navegação Position och Navigation Localisation et Navigation Localización y Navegación Позиционирование и навигация Position & Navigation
user/network Internet & Networking Internet & Networking Internet y Redes Internet en Netwerk Internet e Redes Internet og Nettverk Internet ja viestintä Internet e reti Internet et Réseaux Internet og netværk Internet e Redes Internet och Nätverk Internet et Réseaux Internet y Redes Интернет и сети Internet & Netzwerk
user/office Office Office Oficina Kantoor Escritório Kontor Toimisto Ufficio Bureautique Kontor Escritório Kontor Bureautique Oficina Оффис Büro
user/science Science Science Ciencia Wetenschap Ciência Vitenskap Tiede Scienza Science Videnskab Ciência Vetenskap Science Ciencia Наука Wissenschaft
user/system System System Sistema Systeem Sistema System Järjestelmä Sistema Système System Sistema System Système Sistema Система System
user/utilities Utilities Utilities Utilitarios Gereedschappen Utilitários Verktoy Apuohjelmat Utilità Utilitaires Værktøjer Utilitários Verktyg Utilitaires Utilidades Утилиты Werkzeuge