KDE Programs Naming Convention

[Luke Knowles]

There's nothing wrong with thw KDE naming convention for most of the apps.
KTorrent for example is a good one. It identifies itself as being a KDE app
and at the same time a BitTorrent client. It's a better name than
Transmission for new users. But, then again, not many new users would know
what BitTorrent is.
For apps like Firefox it isn't just the name that people identify it with,
it's also the icon. Someone who has been using the internet for a short
while gets a friend who installs Firefox on their computer. They see the
world icon and think it must be something to do with the Internet. And for
them the Internet is a web browser. Easy.
The KOffice app names are great, like KTorrent they identify as being a KDE
app and what they do. And going through my menu now (I have a SUSE-style
menu, but I'm fairly sure it's the same for the KMenu) most of the apps
don't have their names highlighted. It has something like "Image Viewer" and
under it in grey writing that doesn't stick out is "Gwenview". No new user
is going to know what Gwenview is but they will know what an Image Viewer
is. I think in the KMenu it's something like "Image Viewer (Gwenview)".
So methinks that as long as something like this is in place we don't have to
worry about the names of apps. Names are just something you call it. The
description tells you what it is. It's the description that counts. Not the
name.
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