From kde-devel  Thu Jun 24 12:39:42 1999
From: Waldo Bastian <bastian () ens ! ascom ! ch>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:39:42 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: A question on terminology (fwd)
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David Black wrote:
>         At the end of the day I don't like using minimize and
>  maximize because the terms make them sound like opposite
> functionalities but in fact they are simply different things. 
> I think that a more sensible terminology might be
>         Maximize and restore for window sizing
> and
>         Show and Hide for window management.
> 
>         But then again everyones mileage will vary. But one thing
> is for sure, to most people iconify will appear quirky at best and
> baffling at worst.

This makes sense. Let's go for show/hide then.

Cheers,
Waldo
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