Hi Stefan,
On Tue, 09 May 2006 11:41:51 +0000, Stefan Wagner wrote:
> I don't understand this name at all, and would like to get rid of it. My
> 'personal folder' is /home/stefan, and I don't see any reason to translate
> this.
How about "human understandable" as a reason?
> Both work on the commandline, but a new User will not find this
> 'Persönlicher Ordner' anywhere on the filesystem.
A new user should not have to know what a filesystem is. If any part of
the UI requires the user to know what it is, then it's a bug (IMHO).
> too - what is its name in english, btw?
"Home". But apparently, the German translation team found
"Persönlicher Ordner" the best way to translate this, just as the Dutch
team by the way ("Persoonlijke map").
> Understanding that /home/USERNAME is your personal directory isn't hard.
It is when you don't speak English and your username is "st0349022".
regards,
--
Reinout van Schouwen
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