What should I display in my About box?

Question

I've built a small .NET winforms utility for internal use at my company, and as the primary interface is a tab control, I've decided to add a tab for the "about box" instead of a separate form. So, I have some space to fill in my about box.

Thus far I have:

• the program's icon & name
• version
• the author's name (me)
• the year of creation (2009).

With a fair amount of empty space left over, I thought I might try to add something useful perhaps... but maybe it's unnecessary? Here's what else I've added so far:

• Operating system version
• .NET Framework version
• Current Directory
• Computer Name
• User Name

I figure in the event of some odd behavior, this could be useful.

What do you think? Is there some useful information you'd like to have displayed in the about box or should I just keep it nice and simple?

Answer 1

I always recommend putting in someone else's email address.

In all seriousness - anything that you feel will help in both giving valuable information to the user as well as someone who will provide tech support. For example, we would probably identify the Environment the application is running under such as TEST, CERT, or PROD.