#: Giancarlo F. Berner changed the world a bit at a time by saying on
10/2/2005 5:43 PM :#
Alexandru Popescu wrote:
Got any idea for a better name than a dialog? From a user's point of
view, the dialog is where the editing of properties is done. A dialog
is like a one-step-wizard, or a form.
As I said this is something that I would like to be changed soon. I am
thinking at some naming proposals for these ;-). But if you have ideas
please feel free to contribute them.
The name "Dialog" is older than Magnolia :-). "Dialog" has been first
used with the CMS suite "Communiqué" by Day Software. Communiqué is
based on the pre-version of today's JSR 170 standard repository. And
since Magnolia is based on the same type of repository, it was (IMHO) a
good idea to keep certain "terms" (like "Dialog") same.
In fact, these developers who are familiar with "Communiqué" can easily
adapt to Magnolia too, since many terms and concepts are similar or even
the same.
IMHO I would not bother about the term "Dialog". Changing the naming
would confuse many of the thousands of developers already using Magnolia
since the early days. At this stage it would help to make Magnolia easier.
Usually a good naming will ease the adoption of a product. A dialog is something that doesn't really
describe what those nodes are meant to. New users will be puzzled by this name - as I was too. The
existing users, being experienced will be able to immediately adapt and most probably will agree if
the names are fitting better their scope.
Concluding, this is only a proposal and I guess it may make sense at least to some of the newbies
and future users. Surely, the core developers are the ones to decide if it is gonna be done or not ;-).
./alex
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./alex
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.w( the_mindstorm )p.
Cheers
/giancarlo
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