KDE Programs Naming Convention

[Dotan Cohen]

On 09/01/2008, WANSTALL Malcolm <malcolm.wanstall at cnh.com> wrote:
> Norberto Bensa wrote:
> >>WANSTALL Malcolm wrote:
> >> 2/ Things had stupid names (i.e. Kontact, Konquerer, Kolf etc...)
> >
> >c'mon, would you just configure your kde correctly and end this
> >subject
> >already or would you like me to start talking about
> >iHaveAPattentForThatBeforeYou and iLLSueYou too?
> >Regards,
> >Norberto
>
> If you'd actually bothered to _read_ the entire email it wasn't _me_
> personally complaining.
>
> Simply put, a _potential_ user saw an incredibly minor aesthetic issue
> and it turned her off using the entire system (what a shame).

I've had it happen to me too. They take one look at the programs menu
and are done. It's amazing that people actually expect descriptive
program names.

> Spouting
> out a list of WinXP programs (winword is the executable not the program
> name, the only others that ring a bell being WinRar, a utility and
> WinAmp, a now considerably unpopular [to what it used to be] media
> player) isn't addressing what IS an issue. My argument still stands,
> adding "Win" to the front of a program seems to identify it to Windows,
> misspelling a work with "K" on the front to someone not familiar with
> KDE looks like just that, a misspelling.

There was recently a similar discussion on the python list. Many
management would not consider a language with such a silly name.

> I hope all minor criticisms aren't met with such dismissal, it just
> seems arrogant. I accept that it may not be something that will ever be
> changed but cutting off feedback from a missed user is a terribly silly
> thing to do! Everyone was a KDE newbie at one stage.
>
> -Mal

Dotan Cohen

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