D23415: Improve comprehensibility and consistency of window placement mode names

Björn Feber noreply at phabricator.kde.org
Wed Aug 28 17:57:15 BST 2019


GB_2 added a comment.


  In D23415#521275 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D23415#521275>, @alexde wrote:
  
  > I am not sure if I am allowed to intervene in this discussion, but "smart" is a really "dumb" description as it says nothing about what it actually does.
  >  As a user I am left to do four things to find out, what it means:
  >
  > 1. Activate the option, observe the result and maybe compare it to other options
  > 2. Search on the web
  > 3. Ask someone who may know it
  > 4. Browse the code
  >
  >   That's all not necessary if it just has a meaningful name that does not need further explanations. :)
  
  
  Fully agree, this is what a user experiences and the reason why it should be changed.

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