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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Is "anchor widgets" clear?
From:       Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2009-06-10 19:53:54
Message-ID: h0p30i$nq2$1 () ger ! gmane ! org
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Peter wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 June 2009 11:05, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> Please comment on this bug, especially native English speakers:
>> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193943

(native English speaker speaks up...)

> hmm, assuming the idea is to prevent the widget from being moved around, 
> resized etc.
> 
> Snap

...makes me think 'align to grid'.

> locate

...makes me think 'where is it?'

> fix

...it's broken? ;-)

> imbed, impale, immobilize

Hmm, let's see. Terrible, terrible, not-quite-terrible-but-almost ;-). 
"Impale" makes me think of Romania ;-).

> inhibit, hold, contain, restrict, persist

Um...

> attach, fasten

...to what?

> trap

...makes it sound like a wild animal ;-).

> limit

...as X approaches infinity? ;-)
(Sorry, math geek.)

> secure

...makes me think "insecure" as in "vulnerable", which is bad. 
Otherwise, along with "limit", in the category as "attach" and "fasten".

> stick, pin, freeze, park

I think "stick", "pin" or "freeze" are best of the listed suggestion. 
"Park" isn't too bad. Though...

> Freeze Plasmoids uses the water state metaphor, where frozen Plasmoids don't 
> move. It could be confused with disabled widgets that don't update 
> themselves.

...this is a valid point. So maybe not "freeze".

> Fasten Plasmoids does suggest lock, but without the security aspect.

Personally I think "lock" is fine; we already use that, and it's used 
elsewhere a.g. windoze.

> I'd go with park Plasmoids, since we already have docking widgets, which uses 
> the ship metaphor, so the transition from docking widgets to parking 
> Plasmoids isn't that difficult to make.

On that note, what about "moor" ;-). (Or "anchor"?) Plus as Maciej 
notes, it makes for a good icon.

IMO best suggestions so far are: 'pin', 'anchor', 'lock' (maybe 'stick' 
but I don't know how you'd make an icon for that). Also 'lock' is nice 
if it becomes non-configurable at the same time.

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Matthew
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