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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: K this and K that
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2003-05-23 14:32:39
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On Thursday 22 May 2003 06:09, Torgeir Strand Henriksen wrote:
> I'm wondering, do most KDE application names really need to start with
> the letter K?

it provides a safe namespace to avoid collisions with other binaries when 
using common words (mail, word, node, ppp, print, calc, gpg, etc) and was 
something of a tradition. of course we also have megami, juk, lskat, quanta, 
umbrello, ark, etc. even then, i don't see the issue with app names such as 
kopete. there is greater creativity occuring with application naming as time 
goes on...

and do people really get concerned over the word "Konqueror"? or "KWord"? you 
said that they are disappointed when KWord doesn't look/work the exact same 
was Microsoft Word. i'd say that at least they were able to make the 
connection that it's a word processor.

i'm just not seeing how this is a usability issue.

> To me, this is the most annoying aspect of an otherwise
> well-working desktop environment. 

well, if that's the greatest of our concerns .... ;-)

> While including the letter K can make
> it easy to spot a KDE application, is this feature all that useful? And

i don't think it's a feature or meant to be particularly useful ...

> doesn't it lead to confusion among newbies when non-KDE applications
> have names starting with K anyway?

i've have people ask me about problems with kswapd in KDE channels on IRC 
thinking it was a KDE application, but i've never seen it actually lead to a 
problem where the user simply couldn't figure out what to do or was even 
half-concerned about it. and removing the 'K' from those apps that have one 
in their name wouldn't help with identity issues, anyways...

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Aaron J. Seigo
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