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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] In need for name of a project
From:       "Friedrich W. H. Kossebau" <kossebau () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-01-26 22:44:22
Message-ID: 200701262344.22262.kossebau () kde ! org
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Am Freitag, 26. Januar 2007 22:13, schrieb Aaron J. Seigo:
> On Friday 26 January 2007 12:32, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> > > ok.. so there would be both a framework name as well as an \
> > > application name. the appname should, imho, be simple and descriptive \
> > > of the purpose. frameworks can get 'funky' names but apps should \
> > > remain identifiable to users if at all possible...
> > 
> > Don't we have the generic name for this? ;)
> 
> generic names are helpful but don't solve the problem. to disambiguate
> between "address books" people use the name of the application. if you \
> look at some platforms, the names are pretty straightforward and obvious \
> (at least once you hear what they do; windows and mac os both fall into \
> this category) while on others they don't (e.g. gnome and to a lesser \
> extent kde). i get a lot of feedback from people that they really don't \
> like the overly abstract application names because it makes it too hard \
> to remember what is what or to communicate effectively with others.

So Ubuntu, SUSE, RedHat, Gentoo, Mandrake really hurt? I don't think the 
identifying name must be too close in semantics.

> kimdaba used to be a favourite example of mine, but they fixed that: now
> it's kphotoalbum. much better.

But claims a pretty general term. How to name another one? KPhotoalbum 2?

> look at gnomemeeting which is now ekiga for an example in the reverse
> direction.

GnomeMeeting only worked for those who know MS NetMeeting, or?

> > > would this framework possibly replace KABC (possibly consuming KABC \
> > > as an internal component for vcard reading?) as the preferred system \
> > > for contacts storage and retrieval?
> > 
> > More or less, yes.
> 
> ah, definitive answers ;)

Difficult area, don't want to outplay Tobias...

Friedrich
 
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