On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:03:51 -0400 > From: Jeffrey Stedfast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > Subject: name change for gnome-volume-manager? > > I'd like to change the name of gnome-volume-manager to > gnome-device-manager.
When it was introduced I pointed out that volume is very often associated with audio volume[1] and likely to confuse users - I freely admit it confused me intially - but since it made sense to developers my concerns were dismissed. The terminology "device" isn't perfect either but used consistently I believe it will work out for the best and according to the bug report and previous discussion volume isn't great for translators [2] (and reinforces my theory that translators are too polite for their own good). Translating and then backtranslating to English can be illuminating. I'm very much in favour of this change. I do not believe anyone can seriously say the current name is less confusing to ordinary users than the proposed name. (The argument that end users shouldn't be actually exposed to the term volume in the users interface anyway does have some merit though, and presumably there would be a careful migration including some kind of symlink to help out techinical users who have memorised the old name.) -- Alan H. [1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2004-September/msg00024.html [2] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2004-September/msg00022.html _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list