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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Applications categories
From:       Jaroslaw Staniek <js () iidea ! pl>
Date:       2009-02-27 20:20:21
Message-ID: 56a746380902271220k2a76474vabd2830455069b69 () mail ! gmail ! com
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2009/2/27 Sven Langkamp <sven.langkamp@gmail.com>:
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Cyrille Berger <cberger@cberger.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> As you know the oxygen team is currently working on the icons for KOffice
>> 2.0 applications, our logos are descritely used in those icons, since we
>> used four colors for each of the category, this raised, on IRC, the question
>> on the categories, and which apps belongs to which category.
>>
>> Currently, we have:
>> Productivity Applications: kword, kspread, kpresenter, kexi
>> Creativity Applications: kivio, karbon14, krita
>> Management Application: kplato
>> Supporting Applications: kchart, kformula
>>
>> The two main criticism against this scheme were that kivio doesn't really
>> belong to the same category as karbon and krita, and kivio looks a little
>> bit lonely in its own category.
>>
>> Which lead to the suggestion of having:
>> Productivity Applications: kword, kspread, kpresenter, kexi, kivio
>> Creativity Applications: karbon14, krita
>> Management Application: kplato
>> Supporting Applications: kchart, kformula
>>
>> But, it was noted that having almost all applications in one category was
>> a bit silly, and defeat the point on having categories, so it was also
>> suggested that "Productivity Applications" would be restricted to the
>> "classical" three core office suite applications. Which lead to those
>> categories:
>>
>> Productivity Applications: kword, kspread, kpresenter
>> Creativity Applications: karbon14, krita
>> Management Applications: kplato, kexi, kivio
>> Supporting Applications: kchart, kformula
>>
>> But the name of the third category, "Management Applications" is now
>> questioned.
>>
>> I would like to know what person think about the categories ? Other ideas
>> of categories, and of which applications belong where ? And also about the
>> name of those categories. Currently, what is urgent is the categories, since
>> they decide the colors for the icons.
>
> Another proposal: Use Enterprise instead of Management
>
> Productivity Applications: kword, kspread, kpresenter
> Creativity Applications: karbon14, krita
> Enterprise Applications: kplato, kexi, kivio
> Supporting Applications: kchart, kformula
>
> I think this would clearly show that these apps are suited for more
> professional users and KPlato, Kivio and Kexi would fit very well.

Sounds good. May be also Business, which is even lighter since
'business logic' term is used outside of enterprises too.

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regards / pozdrawiam, Jaroslaw Staniek
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