"Folder" or "Directory"?

Lukáš Tinkl lukas at kde.org
Thu Oct 16 13:52:33 BST 2003


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Dne čt 16. října 2003 14:45 Craig Drummond napsal(a):
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> Why? Files are represented as pictures of paper (with an icon) - and
> folders often have paper inside. The fact is that *most* OS's use the term
> "Folder". Anyway, my argument was that they should use the same term if
> they are to use the same icon. There may be different icon sets with
> "drawers" for folders - but the fact is that KDE's standard icon is a
> folder. Doesn't the fact that konqueror has the option to create a new
> directory, and then uses a "folder" to represent this, not seem silly?

How would you visually represent a directory? Wouldn't it be the same picture 
as for a folder? :)

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Lukáš Tinkl | lukas at kde.org
KDE i18n maintainer | KOffice developer
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