Re: [wmii] Discussion of terms

On 3/22/06, Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam_AT_wmii.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 10:49:25AM +0100, Steffen Liebergeld wrote:
> > while thinking about how to explain the tagging mechanism, I had the
> > idea to better use the term "view" instead of "workspace".
> >
> > In my opinion it is easy to imagine a view as being a pure virtual and
> > dynamic thing. I think the term "workspace" is strongly connected to
> > the static workspace of old-style window managers.
> >
> > What do native english speakers think about that? Should we better use
> > "view" or "workspace"?
>
> I'm no native speaker, which is obvious.
> But I think 'workspace' is a well-known term, which don't
> implies the existence of other static workspaces in general. It
> only reflects the viewable windows at this time.
> 'view' sounds rather abstract to me.

A clarification:
i've corrected the workspace definition at http://wmii.de/index.php/WMII/Tagging
what do think of this (for me it's clear):

ws
    a shorthand for workspace, understood as the screen space
presented by the wm.

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