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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Any new name suggestions for Kant ?
From:       Phlip <pplumlee () omnigon ! com>
Date:       2001-03-30 22:03:30
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Kant Krew:

Here's why I like KAuthor.

All the names of editors historically have described some technical or 
trivial aspect of their behaviors.

    Edit - word based on the idea of cut-n-paste. Don't name an app after 
one of its menus.

    Word - short for "Word Processor". MS names their apps after industry 
jargon to appear Official

    Text - based on the technical detail that an editor displays lists of 
code points from a symbol table

These all suck.

When you use an editor, your >intent< is to Author something. All those 
other words are side-effects of the way computers currently enable that 
intent. We must focus on the intent itself.

"Author" sounds authoritative.

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