https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465498
Bug ID: 465498
Summary: Rename KWallet KCM and other "wallet" UI texts to
something better
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Product: frameworks-kwallet
Version: 5.102.0
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Spawned off of the Flattened Navigation for System Settings issue -
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/systemsettings/-/issues/15#note_610325 - where
this request was somewhat off-topic.
KWallet, or as System Settings calls it, "KDE Wallet", is possibly the worst
named piece of software in all of KDE. When I hear Wallet in a piece of
software, I think deposited money for easy online payments. Quoting
@beedellrokejulianlockhart, "For mobile devices, Wallet always refers to where
the financial information is stored – usually, solely cards".
KWallet's supporting background role means that it's very unlikely to become a
well-known brand name to the wider community, unlike e.g. KDE Connect which is
getting more mentions in the press and has a stand-alone Android app associated
for better name recognition. Absent brand building opportunities, I think it
would make sense for KWallet to lose the branding entirely and take a more
utilitarian, less misleading name.
On the abovementioned KDE Invent issue I suggested "Password Service" or
"Password Store", @beedellrokejulianlockhart suggested "Credential Manager".
Either of those seems like a huge improvement over "KDE Wallet".
Renaming components, binaries and distro package might come with logistical
challenges. But that's not even the most important thing anyway.
What can be done right now is to change user interface strings. The "KDE
Wallet" KCM could be called "Credential Manager". The checkbox can say "Enable
the KDE Credential Manager service" instead of "Enable the KDE wallet
subsystem". Instead of "Wallet" as a concept, we can say "Credential Store". Or
the whole spiel but with "Password" instead of "Credential" if it seems too
high-brow for regular users, I don't know. Any name is fine with me as long as
it isn't "Wallet".
Likewise, dialog texts and titles should be renamed in the same fashion.
Bugzilla can keep "frameworks-kwallet" as component name but subtitle it with
"KDE Credential Manager, a secure and unified container for user passwords"
instead of just the latter half. (Heck, this should be done anyway even if
sticking with "KDE Wallet", for better searchability.) And so on.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open System Settings, find the item in (currently) the "Personalization"
category
2. Ponder what KDE Wallet might be
3. Get no actual explanation even once you open the settings page
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.102.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Having finalized my bug report, I see that bug 225181 was RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
in 2013 with barely any arguments by either of the the two people briefly
participating. I'll stick to opening a new issue.
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