From kde-usability  Fri Jul 12 10:06:05 2002
From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:06:05 +0000
To: kde-usability
Subject: Re: file dialog section of eugenia's article
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On Friday 12 July 2002 03:28, Ilan Volow wrote:
> While we're on the subject of the file dialog, in a
> file/folder UI paradigm, you should be using the term
> "Home Folder" instead of "Home Directory". In fact,
> there are many places in KDE where we see the term
> "Directory" being used when we should be seeing the
> term "Folder". Or to keep consistancy with
> "Directory", you should get rid of all the folder
> icons and replace them with icons of telephone books.


uh-oh.. i'm having flashbacks to recurring threads on the kde doc and i18n 
lists =)

i believe the consensus on those lists was (and i could be wrong):

 o Folder refers to UI issues (e.g. folders in kmail)
 o Directories refer to places in the filesystem (e.g. actual locations on 
disk)
 o Directories refer to directory services (e.g. ldap)

yes, english sucks ass in the sense that there is a many-to-many relationship 
between meanings and words. but then we wouldn't have nearly as many 
limericks, now would we. =)

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Aaron J. Seigo
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