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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    RE: A question on terminology (fwd)
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () rikkus ! demon ! co ! uk>
Date:       1999-06-23 22:31:47
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On 23-Jun-99 Cristian Tibirna wrote:
> In my private correspondence with a few KDE fellows, everybody agreed that
> "Iconify" should be returned back to X's antiquity and we start use
> "Minimize" instead.
> 
> I had an anti-argument where I pointed out to "minimize" also meaning
> "denigrate" but I believe it was a quite childish argument.

Yes, that's a stupid argument. Minimise is what it should be, as that's what
it's always been. We're not cloning MS Windows here, and anyway, it doesn't
'iconify' so 'iconify' is not only incorrect English, it's just plain incorrect.

Note 'Minimise' for en_gb ;)
            ~

Cheers,
Rik


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