[Amarok] Renamed "Browsers" to "Content".

Mark Kretschmann kretschmann at kde.org
Fri Oct 9 11:00:47 CEST 2009


On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Ian Monroe <ian.monroe at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Téo Mrnjavac <teo at getamarok.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Kevin Funk <krf at gmx.de> wrote:
>>> Thursday 08 October 2009, Téo Mrnjavac:
>>>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Mark Kretschmann <kretschmann at kde.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>> > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Dan Meltzer
>>>> >
>>>> > <parallelgrapefruit at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 6:12 AM, Bart Cerneels <bart.cerneels at kde.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>> >>> commit 20aed7975a8bc71b8132c27313376757134fac83
>>>> >>> Author:     Bart Cerneels <bart.cerneels at kde.org>
>>>> >>> AuthorDate: Thu Oct 8 12:08:13 2009 +0200
>>>> >>> Commit:     Bart Cerneels <bart.cerneels at kde.org>
>>>> >>> CommitDate: Thu Oct 8 12:08:13 2009 +0200
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>    Renamed "Browsers" to "Content".
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>    We might need to update the default layout because the object name
>>>> >>> changed. Also, content and context are quite similar. But that is only
>>>> >>> an issue when not translated.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Which, considering how many people use Amarok in English, is a pretty
>>>> >> large issue...
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm also wondering if "Content" is an appropriate name. At first look
>>>> > it seems to be fine, but when you see it in Amarok, it could mean
>>>> > "window content", "playlist content", or any other kind of content.
>>>> >
>>>> > My suggestions is to use "Media Sources", or something to that effect.
>>>> > It's much more descriptive.
>>>>
>>>> Just "Sources" sounds good to me. To non-geeks the word doesn't link
>>>> to source code.
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Amarok-devel mailing list
>>>> Amarok-devel at kde.org
>>>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
>>>>
>>>
>>> +1 for Media Sources (thats really descriptive)
>>> +0.5 for Sources
>>>
>> My concern is that our brand is "Music player" not "Media player"
>> "media" is very generic
>
> I think music makes more sense as well, we don't need to be Sheldon
> about the fact that not everything is actually music.

So I went ahead and renamed it to "Music Sources". But please, do look
at it "in action", directly in Amarok. It does seem a bit strange
then. That's because "Music Sources" reminds one of music scores, you
know, the actual written notes. Hence I still think "Media Sources"
might work better.

You be the judge :)

-- 
Mark Kretschmann
Amarok Developer
www.kde.org - amarok.kde.org


More information about the Amarok-devel mailing list