[Kde-pim] Kontact sidebar?

[Manfred Mislik]

On Sonntag 14 Dezember 2008 15:33:18 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Sunday 14 December 2008, Manfred Mislik wrote:
> > On Sonntag 14 Dezember 2008 00:12:47 Josef Kufner wrote:
> > > The correct term is "area within the red rectangle".
> > >
> > > :)
> >
> > Yes, that was my first thought too :)
> > Still, I need a term that doesn't make devs tear their hair when they
> > see it.
> >
> > My first attempt was 'Kontact sidebar' and from what I see further
> > down this is also Allen's idea of it.
>
> I don't like the term "Kontact sidebar" since it is very unspecific,
> i.e. this term does not convey the purpose of the sidebar.
>
> Microsoft calls this thing "Navigation Pane" [1], but in Outlook this
> pane also includes the folder list, so the term probably doesn't apply
> to the "area within the red rectangle". The buttons are called "view
> buttons" since they allow switching between the different views.

"Navigation Panel" rather than "* Pane" I'd call it then, and I feel support 
from Merriam-Webster too in this regard since a panel there is defined as a 
"seperate or distinct part of a surface" [1].

> BTW, is "sidebar" actually the proper word for this? The definition
> of "sidebar" on Merriam-Webster Online [1] does not include anything
> like the "area within the red rectangle". "Pane" seems to be a much
> better word and we do already use this term when referring to the
> preview pane in KMail.

I think a pane has more a major character like the different window panes in 
KMail that are the "Message Preview Pane" the "Folder List" and the "Message 
List".

I even found a Wikipedia page that supports my point of view :) [2]

> "View Pane" is probably not a good alternative, but I think "View" is a
> good term for the thing right of the sidebar. "Component" is too
> technical. "View Switcher", "View Selector", "View Chooser"?
> In German I'd probably call it "Ansichtsauswahlleiste". :-)
>
> Hmm, what about "View Bar"?

In this case I'd rather go for "Navigation Panel" because quite in contrary to 
what I believed only a few moments ago

1) the user "navigates" through Kontacts components
2) there is also the "Navigator ToolBAR" and toolbars in general and (many) 
users are used to moving "bars" around which they cannot do with that "area 
within the red rectangle"

So we should distinct between what's a "Bar" and what's a "Pane" or "Panel" 
though I'd vote for Panel.

>
> Regards,
> Ingo
>
> [1] http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA012322031033.aspx
> [2] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sidebar

Any other input?
Manfred

[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panel
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paned_window
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