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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: A question on terminology (fwd)
From:       Michael Reiher <michael.reiher () gmx ! de>
Date:       1999-06-24 15:24:14
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Waldo Bastian wrote:
> 
> Jo Dillon wrote:
> > > In the MacOS corner, hide and show are common language... (Well, I
> > > can't verify that, but I am prety sure.) And, honestly, I have more
> > > confidence in Apple's choices than in MicroSoft's.
> >
> >   Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they mean different things to
> > us by that? Their windows minimise to the titlebars and back,
> > rather than disappearing altogether.
> 
> Which we support as well.. If only I could remember the name we
> use for that. It's something totally unintuitive....
It it called "Shade".

That reminds me on the strange german translation in recent 1.1.x.
"Shade" is translated to "Verlauf":) It was something more intuitive in
the past.

> 
> Perhaps we can give that another name as well.. something like
> "roll up". For those with redundant CPU power we could even generate
Yea, thatīd be good.

Greets

Michael

> some nice 3D animation for that. (Well, I can't but I'm sure
> there is someone who can)
> 
> Cheers,
> Waldo
> --
> KDE, A New Millennium, A New Desktop                      http://www.kde.org

-- 
Michael Reiher  
     Student at Dresden University of Technology
          Department of Computer Science
               email: michael.reiher@gmx.de

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