[Kde-pim] [KDE Usability] Terminology Change: "HTML" -> "Rich Text"

[Anne Wilson]

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On 11/07/13 09:43, Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> On 10.07.2013 20:01, Adrián Chaves Fernández wrote:
>> Again, “Rich text (HTML)” should cover our asses for any type of
>> users, as well as supporting rich text formats other than HTML in
>> the future, so I would go with that.
> 
> Sorry for repeating myself, but it seems like my previous
> suggestion was somehow lost to all but Heiko: "Formatted Text"
> would solve our problem as well, because it's generic enough to
> encompass both RTF and HTML without further specifying it, and I am
> pretty certain that it will be understood by at least as many
> users as Rich Text, and probably more (even complete computer n00bs
> know what "formatting" is, but they may never have heard of "rich
> text"). Any objections to "Formatted Text"? Way me also use
> "Formatting" if we want to keep it short, because in fact you turn
> formatting on with this button.
> 

Since we all know the difference, we are really talking about
non-geeky users.  I'm sorry, but to me, "formatted text" would be far
more confusing to them than "rich text", which they will have met
elsewhere.  It may well be desirable to add the "(HTML)" from the
developer point of view, but I doubt it from the PoV of ordinary users.

Anne
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