Fwd: [Bug 80135] New: Rename KNewStuff to something else

Jeroen Wijnhout Jeroen.Wijnhout at kdemail.net
Sat Apr 24 14:07:52 BST 2004


On Saturday 24 April 2004 14:27, Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't use 'stuff' in KHangMan, I use 'Get data in a new language' which
> is a bit too long but it'll be something like that. I use 'data' instead of
> 'stuff' which I don't like very much. 'stuff' is an english word I did not
> learn at school and seldom employed in the real life (when I lived in
> England) and it seems too vague and colloquial. Used with 'hot' reinforces
> this.

I second this.

> Not being a native english speaker I did not challenge it but as the
> subject is brought, I'd like to propose 'data' instead of 'stuff' in Get

What about 'get new updates', the word 'data' doesn't stimulate users to 
actually select this menu-item imho.

> New Data instead of Get Hot New Stuff. For the lib name, KNewData is not so
> good, I don't have a better idea right now...

perhaps, KDataUpdater?

best,
Jeroen

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