[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 71270] use of word directory instead of folder: different
From:       Nathaniel Taylor <nde () ntmm ! org>
Date:       2004-01-01 1:11:59
Message-ID: 20040101011159.1571.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
[Download RAW message or body]

------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
     
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71270     




------- Additional Comments From nde@ntmm.org  2004-01-01 02:11 -------
True.  I was horrified to see this change, and the ugly "New Folder" default filename \
(a space in it, copying another, worse GUI exactly!). Please stick to directory, for \
consistency, or if you really feel you must change, then give the above-mentioned \
configuration option of proper or cross-platform-mimiccing terminology.

I well appreciate that there must be some users who want copies of some familiar (to \
them) desktop.  Then either put this as a non-default kde option, perhaps with a \
decision in the first-login program, OR just leave it to OS distributors to do.  They \
are well capable of messing up KDE by themselves, as recently well demostrated, and \
don't need KDE developers' help in this.

I really think the majority of users who get KDE directly (from source/rpm, not from \
a general purpose distro) will be the more technically literate users who want a good \
desktop that reflects the underlying OS they know.  It is more reasonable that these \
users should be catered for in the default system, as they each to to make changes to \
defaults rather than to rely o a distributor doing this just once.

Finally, KDE is really good!  I liked it more and more, and many changes in 3.2 are \
great improvements.  Please don't take notice of the other desktop environments that \
are optimised, if at all, for generally much less computer-literate users.  Infantile \
names, elementary options behind "Advanced" buttons, silly logout options ("Log in as \
different user") and so on should not be copied!  Stay original, and stay above all \
the others.


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]