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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Ark description: 'Zip' vs 'Compression' vs 'Archiver'
From:       David Hugh-Jones <hughjonesd () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2003-08-22 9:02:23
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On Thursday 21 August 2003 7:50 pm, Kai Lahmann wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 21. August 2003 20:09 schrieb William Leese:
> > - New computer users are unfamiliar with 'zip' and might not understand
> > what is meant by 'compression' in the context of computers either so
> > 'File Archiver' works nicely.
> > - Existing Windows users will understand both and are likely to have a
> > harder time with the term archiving. So 'File (Un)zipper' here.
> > - Existing *nix users know what they're doing anyhow.... :)    'File
> > Archiver' sounds nice and generic to them I'd think.
>
> maybe "File Packaging"? "Archiving" could also be Backup.

"Packaging" means RPMs.

Dave
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