D22894: Rename "Desktop Effects" to "Graphical Effects"

Vlad Zagorodniy noreply at phabricator.kde.org
Sun Aug 4 23:17:06 BST 2019


zzag added a comment.


  > - Inappropriate use of the word "Desktop." In the typical user's understanding, the desktop is the thing with a wallpaper and icons on it.
  
  "Desktop" is a metaphor. "Desktop background" is the proper way to address such clients.
  
  > - Inconsistent terminology: mostly called "desktop effects", but the string "Window manager effects" is used in knsrc
  > - Inconsistent terminology between the KCM name, comment, and title
  
  Let's fix these issues rather than changing well established vocabulary. I agree that there's inconsistency in used terms, but that's not the reason for renaming "desktop effects" to something else.

REPOSITORY
  R108 KWin

BRANCH
  desktop-to-graphical (branched from master)

REVISION DETAIL
  https://phabricator.kde.org/D22894

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