[kmymoney] [Bug 432883] "Payee" is not the correct term in the reconciliation wizard dialog

[Jack]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432883

Jack <ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Jack <ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net> ---
While it is true that money goes to a Payee and comes from a Payer, in KMM, a
single field holds either one, with the distinction determined by which way the
money is being moved.  That field is always called Payee.  I agree it is
perhaps an unfortunate terminology, but once you have used KMyMoney for a
while, it should be fairly obvious what is meant.  In the case of the
reconciliation wizard, it is assumed that any interest and fees come from/go to
the same entity, so while it would be linguistically correct to distinguish
them, the user only needs to provide it once.

I suppose it would be possible to use "Payee/Payer" as the label, but I wonder
if the current way really does confuse anybody.  Would it be worth the extra
space required?  While some devices move towards larger screens, some move
smaller, so saving space is always a concern.

As to your suggestion, I am a native English speaker, and cannot think of a
single term for both.  You might say "financial partner" but that seems very
awkward sounding.  I am happy to accept that KMyMoney simply uses the single
term Payee to refer to a person or organization money is transferred to or
from.

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