[Kde-pim] KContactManager Name

[Till Adam]

On Friday 24 April 2009 10:26:23 David Jarvie wrote:
> On Thursday 23 April 2009 22:15, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > On Thursday 23 April 2009, Sergio Martins wrote:
> >> On Thursday 23 April 2009 16:51:48 Allen Winter wrote:
> >> > Can we pick a new name for the new KAddressBook?
> >> > I'm really not excited about KContactManager.
> >> >
> >> > Not that I have any good suggestions at the moment,
> >> > by KContactManager is too close to Kontact.
> >>
> >> If it will replace KAddressBook we could use the same name, no?
> >>
> >> KAddressBook 2
> >
> > I agree. KAddressBook really is the best name for it although appending
> > a '2' won't do because KAddressBook is currently at version 4.2 (since
> > it follows the version number of KDE). Maybe append something like 'NG'
> > or whatever.
> >
> > In fact, as application name (shown in the UI) "KDE Address Book" would
> > be even better. Reasoning: We should try to get away from this
> > K-namespacing of our applications. It's so last-century. Moreover,
> > explicitely adding KDE to the application's name will improve the
> > awareness of the KDE brand. FWIW, I'd like to see the same happen with
> > KMail (-> KDE Mail), KOrganizer (-> KDE Calendar?), etc.
>
> The name should be descriptive, and kaddressbook (shown as "KDE Address
> Book" in the menu) or kontacts (shown as "KDE Contacts") are the best
> suggestions so far.

+1

-- 
Till Adam <adam at kde.org>

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