[Kde-pim] jargon is bad! :)

[Maciej Mrozowski]

On Tuesday 16 of March 2010 04:09:45 Markus wrote:
> Am Dienstag 16 März 2010 02:40:03 schrieb Aaron J. Seigo:
> > KDE 4
> 
> Shouldn't someone who complaints about other people's use of words at least
> get it right himself?
> http://dot.kde.org/2009/11/24/repositioning-kde-brand
> 
> Just sayin' ...
Thank you for you invaluable input to this discussion.


@Aaron
I understand and agree with you on this problem.
One could (leaving Nepomuk alone for now) throw some other old 'jargons' 
present in System Settings:
- 'KDE Resources'
- 'KDE Wallet'

However some line needs to be drawn somewhere.
For instance what's considered jargon and what a brand?
I'm especially talking about proper names like Akonadi, Nepomuk or (sic!) 
Plasma.
While they're names of technologies (so considered as 'technicalities' and 
jargon), they are meaningless strings and maybe worth replacing with something 
denoting functionality.
They are established names however, and they help avoiding confusion so maybe 
they're worth kept visible.
System Settings->Desktop Search contains some jargon (namely Nepomuk Semantic 
Desktop), but that jargon is explained just below ("Nepomuk blah blah  enabled 
tagging and rating of files integrated with the Desktop Search") - so it's 
existence is somewhat forgiven.

> they do understand what "desktop effects"[1], "personal information
> service"[2] or "search service" is.

Renaming desktop effects to window effects feels suitable imho from at least 
one reason - 'Desktop' seems to be in some places associated with Plasma 
workspace - like 'Desktop Theme Details' in System Settings - it may be 
confused with kwin themes (like Oxygen - again - Oxygen is used in multiple 
places, confusing) - so it may be good to refrain from using term 'desktop' 
with regard to kwin.

On the other hand term 'Desktop' is already imho rightfully used in System 
Settings as category, next to 'Appearance'
That being said, maybe using technicalities/brands like 'Plasma Theme Details' 
instead of 'Desktop Theme Details' to avoid confusion is valid as well?

Just wanted to note that refraining from jargon needs to be done carefully not 
to cause confusion and name clashes.

-- 
regards
MM
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