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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Decision needed
From:       johnflux () gmail ! com
Date:       2006-10-10 9:35:36
Message-ID: 43d8ce650610100235k631e02c7pf3cb67fa6ebe51d3 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Can we have a vote on this please?

I propose that "mini-apps" should be known only by the longer name -
KDE Calculator  for example.  "Kalc" looks horribly ugly to me.

Please lets keep this discussion to the small mini-apps though.

On 10/10/06, Niels van Mourik <niels@shodan.nl> wrote:
> On Monday 09 October 2006 00:32, Fabricio "aybabtu" Cannini wrote:
> > > hii
> > > I'm with you a few apps should have names like
> > >
> > > KFileReplace -> FileReplace
> > > KWrite -> Editor
> > > KFloppy -> Floppy
> > > KSystemGuard -> SystemGuard
> > > KCalc -> Calculator
> > > KDiskFree -> DiskFree
> > > KSystemLog -> SystemLog
> > > KInfoCenter -> InfoCenter
> > >
> > > John and all guys we need more ideas about what do
> > > you think we should do to change that names.
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > KDE habit of naming its apps "ksomething" is good because it creates an
> > identity, a brand. BUT only for geeks. :(
> >
> > Since i've become really "addiKted" and started to talk about KDE with my
> > friends and acquaintances (~2 years), both geeks and non-geeks that tried
> > Linux with KDE, the most common complaint i hear from them is that KDE
> "has
> > too many K's".
> > KThis, KThat, KHere, KThere. According to them, it is harder to remember
> > the app name precisely because of this our habit.
> > Given that, may i suggest the following to conciliate our branding needs
> > and the "average user" sanity: :)
> >
> > FInd Klever ways ;) to embed the K letter in the name of the app.
> Examples:
> >
> > - AudioKreator instead of KAudioCreator
> > - KontrolCenter instead of KControl
> > - Kalc instead of KCalc
> >
> > And so on, and so forth.
>
> I'm totally with you, removing the K from names, and thus changing our
> naming-convention, is going to kill project identity. But finding more
> Klever
> names would only improve the identity because names are remembered more
> easily. So of course names could still start with an K, but KontrolCenter is
> far more elegant then Kcontrol.
>
> > PS: isn't kde-usability a better place to continue this discussion ?
> >
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