Review Request 121449: Rename "Human Input Devices" to just "Input Devices"

Lukáš Tinkl lukas at kde.org
Thu Dec 11 17:55:15 UTC 2014



> On Pro. 11, 2014, 6:01 odp., Heiko Tietze wrote:
> > Isn't the term HID very common? "Human interface device" (or input) to distinguish it from network cable, or the like, that are rather for the pets to play with. But I don't stick to the name.
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> Aleix Pol Gonzalez wrote:
>     To me HID is mostly a technical term. As a user, I only expect the input devices the devices I use myself for input.

Yes, according to wikipedia, it's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interface_device

But here we talk about Human _Input_ Devices, see the confusion? :)


- Lukáš


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On Pro. 11, 2014, 3:43 odp., Martin Klapetek wrote:
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> (Updated Pro. 11, 2014, 3:43 odp.)
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> Review request for Plasma and KDE Usability.
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> Repository: systemsettings
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> Description
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> The "Human" part feels strange (even though technically correct). Putting just "Input devices" is stil correct and feels more natural
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> Diffs
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>   categories/settings-hardware-input.desktop ddc3204 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/121449/diff/
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> Testing
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> Thanks,
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> Martin Klapetek
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