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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: secondary window titles
From:       "Friedrich W. H. Kossebau" <friedrich.w.h () kossebau ! de>
Date:       2006-11-14 16:40:21
Message-ID: 200611141740.22012.friedrich.w.h () kossebau ! de
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Am Montag, 13. November 2006 17:18, schrieb Aaron J. Seigo:
> On Monday 13 November 2006 6:44, Benjamin Meyer wrote:
> > I would like to propose that in KDE 4 our secondary windows wont
> > automatically append the application name.  This will make us consistant
> > with the other desktop enviornments.
>
> other than consistency what are the benefits?
>
> a negative side effect of this change would be not knowing what application
> a file dialog applies to by just looking at it.

Which still does not help too much if one has several instances of a program 
running :P
(sorry, no empirical data hinting the relevancy available).

My real 2 cents:
Being consistent with the environment should have priority. Even if the 
environment is worse (and thus it makes another environment like KDE shine 
even better ;)

Friedrich
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