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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Name of Control Center in KDE 4
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2007-10-12 7:50:18
Message-ID: 470F273A.2050006 () acm ! org
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Gary L. Greene Jr. wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 October 2007 10:11:20 pm James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>> Alexander Dymo wrote:
>>> I also like 'personal settings' from suse 10.1.
>> That is a good suggestion.  Perhaps "User Settings" would be more
>> technically correct, but perhaps it is to technical.  Is 'User' jargon
>> (geek speak :-D), or would most new users know what it meant?
> 
> Look in System Settings now, there are system wide settings in there. So User 
> Settings or Personal Settings aren't accurate to the usage. Besides, most end 
> users look for one location to find configuration tools, not two or more. The 
> settings for Windows are all kept in the control center, the settings for a 
> Mac in their System Settings, so I see no need for changing that.
> 
You are correct that the control center contains both system and user 
settings.  This means that we should choose a name that includes both 
system and user.

-- 
JRT
 
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