Konqueror 4

[Ellen Reitmayr]

On Wednesday 01 November 2006 00:41, Lex Hider wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 November 2006 01:28, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Tuesday 31 October 2006 1:24, Martin Konold wrote:
> > > But I am still not convinced how to explain the subtle differences of a
> > > browser and a manager to users in an intuitive way?
> >
> > not sure we need to. we attach one to the file management icons and one
> > to the web (and other?) browsing icons. no explanations needed; it's more
> > important that the developers understand the difference than the users as
> > they generally just use what's there without much questioning or even
> > deep understanding. =)
>
> One point I have thought of is the effect of the split on existing users.
> Do existing users associate the name konqueror with the web browser
> component more strongly than the file manager, or vice versa?
>
> Should the web browser get a new name and the file manager be called
> konqueror?
> Should the file manager get a new name and web browser be called konqueror?
> Would it be less confusing to have two new names, neither of them
> konqueror? Would that mean we lose a lot of brand recognition?

that's an interesting question, and it would be good to have a survey on this. 
i'm pretty busy this week, but can think of a way to ask for that next week.

/el

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Ellen Reitmayr
KDE Usability Project
usability.kde.org
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