Help us finding the new name for Laptop window decoration

argonel argonel at gmail.com
Sat Mar 17 16:28:58 UTC 2012


for use on remote desktops? "remote"
for use on a slower connection? "sublight"
for good compression ratios? "compressed", "condensed"
cigarette and beer companies had to change "light" to something
else... "bold", "distinct"

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On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Elvis Stansvik <elvstone at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/3/15 Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin at kde.org>:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> in order to find a better name for the window decoration "Laptop" I created a
>> doodle with possible names:
>>
>> http://www.doodle.com/e9se6zuz8ufepxke
>>
>> More info: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104282/
>>
>> Please vote for your preferred name and don't make the fun out of it that
>> everybody votes for a different name ;-)
>
> Hm. Just an idea, but does the new name really have to be descriptive
> like that? Couldn't we go for a name like "Hydrogen" (a simpler atom
> than oxygen)?
>
> The fact that this decoration is more suitable for remote desktops
> could perhaps be conveyed some other way than through the name? (a
> description shown in the KCM perhaps?). If it needs to be conveyed in
> words at all.. perhaps it's enough to see the preview..
>
> By going with a descriptive name I think we'll always end up with
> something that could put Oxygen in a bad light.
>
> Cheers,
> Elvis
>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Martin
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