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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: i18n change to solve inconsistencies
From:       Rolf Magnus <ramagnus () t-online ! de>
Date:       2002-03-08 15:07:02
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On Friday 08 March 2002 15:41, Rob Kaper wrote:
> We refer to minimise as "Minimise" at some places and then "Iconify" at
> other places.

> That is rather inconsistent and I think we should get rid of
> Iconify alltogether, especially since it is possible to disable icons in
> the taskbar in which case Iconify doesn't make much sense.

hmm, but can you get the window back if there is no taskbar? Maybe with 
Alt-Tab or so, but then you still see them as icons only. To a novice, 
minimize might sound a bit like "keep the window, but make it as small as 
possible", whereas iconfiy describes it better, IMHO.

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