From kde-usability Thu Oct 16 11:15:21 2003 From: Troels Tolstrup Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:15:21 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: Re: "Folder" or "Directory"? X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=106630297218841 On Thursday 16 October 2003 12:10, Craig Drummond wrote: > Has any decision been formally reached over whether KDE should use ther > term "folder" or "diretory"? There was a briedf discussion about this > before (last month) - > http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-usability&m=106138638515393&w=2 - however I > don't think a descision was made. The argument in the mail you linked to is that file system folders should be named directories, while non-filesystem folders (like kmail folders) should be named folders. I personally think this is rather insane, as i doubt any normal users will be able to make that distinction. I personally don't really care which name is used, but i think the same name should be used everywhere. Though i guess the fact that windows and macos uses the name folders, and the icon actually looks like a folder is a good argument against using the term directory. Maybe you should take this to core-devel? The chance of actually reaching a decission there is better i think. Mvh Troels _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@mail.kde.org http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability