From kde-devel Sun Apr 16 20:50:25 2000 From: Uwe Thiem Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 20:50:25 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: KDE from a usability look X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=95591822323684 On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, David Faure wrote: > On Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 01:06:01PM +0200, Thomas Zander wrote: > > The file->new->"File system device" could have a better name, what about "Drive Icon" > > In theory one could use that to mount partitions too... but I am open > to suggestions, especially since I'm not a native speaker. Drive Icon sounds > a bit strange though, no ? Hmm ... this is a bit tricky. Since we don't want "Mount" (remember all the discussions about mounting horses and otherwise some time back? ;-) "filesystem" (BTW: Isn't it "filesystem" rather than "file system"?) seems the only appropriate term to me. Even "device" (which would include partitions) isn't exact. Given it's open to users, it could even mount /proc which is neither a drive nor a device. It can even mount simple directories over NFS. This is some real UNIX thingy that doesn't translate well to DOS/Windows language. "Extending filesystem" isn't very intuitive either. Maybe we'll that to the Corel's GUI expert who's supposed to get his hands dirty with KDE soon. ;-) Uwe ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uwe Thiem Tel: +264 - 61 - 249249 P.O.Box 30955 Email: uwe@uwix.alt.na Windhoek uwe@kde.org Republic of Namibia http://www.kde.org ********************************** You can still escape from the GATES of hell: Use KDE! -------------------------------------------------------------------------