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From: | Per Starbäck |
Subject: | Re: Apologia for bzr |
Date: | Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:10:29 +0100 |
> This said, the "what you call a window is called a frame" is not nearly
> as problematic as "what we call window is not what you think", so maybe
> renaming "window" to "pane" would get us most of the benefit.
I think you're right there. If we just get rid of the word
"window", I think that'll fix most confusions. "Pane" and "frame"
are more "technical" terms, and people aren't as apt to make
assumptions about what they mean.
Aren't we underestimating users's natural ability to abstract terms and
concepts? For the average person the "confusion" regarding windows will
least for no more than two minutes, if ever, given that both the
tutorial and the manual explain what a window is...
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