Re: [linux-minidisc] Renaming QHiMDTransfer

[steve_schicht <steve_schicht@yahoo.com>]

How about MD Connect? I like MD Tools also. Commander and Explorer are used already by other brands and I think you should pick something different to be unique. 

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From: Thomas Arp

Date:01/10/2014 1:26 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: Nick sargente ,John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Cc: linux-minidisc@lists.fu-berlin.de
Subject: Re: [linux-minidisc] Renaming QHiMDTransfer

Am 10.01.2014 15:42, schrieb Nick sargente:

You know, I've been thinking about this, I've come up with a few names that I think might suit it. 

'MDCommand'

'MDTransfer'

'MDControl'

Or even Plain:

'NetMD' since that is what this software does, HiMD is just a superset of NetMD isn't it?

Minidisc Commander sounds good on paper, but the conjugation is throwing me off. I really feel that you shouldnt use 'er' at the end of a name. 

But that's just me

Nick

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On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 6:20 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

On 01/08/2014 07:44 PM, Thomas Arp wrote:
> O.K., i do not want to miss them, as I said.

I understand.

> What about just make them smaller and choose another location ?
> I played a bit. Please look at the attached screenshot, maybe something
> like this.

That looks pretty bad in my opinion. The icons look very much misplaced
now and the number of track and lists is not properly aligned either.

What about putting these download and upload buttons into the toolbar
as "Download selected" and "Upload selected" while the other ones
are called "Download ..." and "Upload ...". The ellipsis usually
indicates that clicking that button will result in a dialog popping
up asking for more user input, i.e. the file names to be downloaded
or uploaded.

Another solution:
Change Upload/Download actions (menu/toolbar) to transfer tracks to/from the selected location of the local browser.
Remove the upload/download buttons which currently do this.
Add "Upload to ..." and "Download ..." action to the context menu (to be created) of the himd browser.

Btw, I was also thinking about the name "MiniDisc Explorer". How does
that sound? I think "MiniDisc Commander" has a bit of a military
touch, but that could just well be my mood today ;).

This is what comes to my mind when reading application names:
Explorer  -  single-pane file manager
Commander  -  dual-pane file manager
Transfer  -  transfer utility
Control  -  some kind of "remote control"

What we need is something that includes all related features (transfer, edit, move, delete, format ...).
So what about "MD Manager" or just "MD Tool" / "MD Tools" ?

Thomas