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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: K Menu: Name (Description) -> Description (Name)
From:       Sander Devrieze <s.devrieze () pandora ! be>
Date:       2003-08-21 18:37:35
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Op donderdag 21 augustus 2003 05:51, schreef Stian Søiland:
> On 2003-08-21 01:12:11, Sander Devrieze wrote:
> > There are keyboards, washing machines,... with names because this is good
> > for marketing. Other example: it's bad, but it's true: people never say
> > they start their word processing application; they say they start "word"
> > (even if it's in fact e.g. OpenOffice.Org!!).
>
> On the funny side, our support departement recently received a message
> from a person who wanted to restore her "world documents" from backup =)
>
> We need to fight this naming schema. Programs should be talked about by
> their function, not their given name. I could easily imagine a
> conversation between a KDE user and a Windows user, where the Windows
> user would ask "Do you have Word in KDE?" and not understand the answer.
> He doesn't want to use Openoffice (which he doesn't know what is, he
> could imagine something new weird he needs to learn) - he wants to use
> Word! (ie. a word processor)
>
> If the KDE user would say he had a word processor, not "Openoffice.org",
> the Windows user might (..) recognize what he's talking about.
>
> And that's why the K-menu should 'talk' about media player and browser
> instead of 'noatun' and 'konqueror.

e.g.: Konqueror:
For marketing is 'Konqueror' the best.
For usability is 'webbrowser' the best.

So I think we should show the 2 in the menu.

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Mvg, Sander Devrieze.

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