From kde-devel  Sun Oct 14 20:58:39 2007
From: "Jos Poortvliet" <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:58:39 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Name of Control Center in KDE 4
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On 10/14/07, James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj@acm.org> wrote:
> David Jarvie wrote:
> > For user-visible strings, should we use "System Settings" in KDE 4
> > where "Control Center" was used in KDE 3?
> >
> One final comment.
>
> While those that subscribe to the Humpty Dumpty school of semantics[1]
> can claim that "system" is the proper word to rename the Control Center
> to System Settings, there is one thing which I understand to be one of
> the cardinal rules of usability: You should not use the same word to
> mean two different things as this will result in confusion.
>
> I ask that those that wish to reply to this and tell me that I am wrong
> please address their comments to the above stated rule of usability.  To
> be blunt, if you don't convince me that this rule is wrong, you have no
> case.
>
> Now to the comment.  I attach a screen shot from the Font Installer
> section of the new "System Settings".  I think that I mentioned this
> before in this thread but was simply ignored.  So, I thought that with
> the actual screen shot that someone might listen.  If not, then I am
> simply going to give up (and I do not mean just this issue).
>
> I believe that that is the correct (or best) use of the word 'system' in
> the context of computer software, but IAC it does not have the same
> meaning as its use in System Settings.  Therefore, we need to change
> something and I would suggest that we change the name of "System Settings".

Well, I must agree the screenshot is very convincing, you made a good
point. Maybe we should just go back to control center, then?

> --
> JRT
>
> 1. Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carrol, chapter IV
>
> `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, `it
> means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'
 
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