[Openicc] CUPS Color Management under Linux... (what is to do ?)

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

Am 18.02.11, 10:03 -0700 schrieb Chris Murphy:
> Anyone have Fedora 14 running on a machine? Check out the five network related GUI options:
>
> Network Authorization
> Network Connections
> Network Proxy
> Network
> Network Device Control
>
> And if you read the documentation many are referred to by a different 
> name, like Network is referred to as Network Manager even though you 
> won't find Network Manager in the GUI at all. It's called Network.

Great example. Agreed, common terms are good usability.

> The clusterF*ck that is terminology and consistency when it comes to 
> something like networking, is exactly what will happen to color 
> management if everyone has different preferences and this stuff diverges 
> from common ground. Most users find these kinds of fiefdoms irritating 
> as hell. I certainly find it annoying to have to spend hours figuring out 
> how something as basic as networking is supposed to work. And while 
> networking can certainly be complex, it doesn't have to be in five 
> different panels, each with multiple tabs, some of which don't appear to 
> do anything, others which overlap and seemingly contradict, on and on.

Beside that I completly agree that it is an issue, we still live in a 
heterogenous software landscape with the open source operating systems. 
They do not have one kernel or one toolkit or one icon theme. The same 
applies for the PDF renderers, spooling softwares, CMMs, CMSes and so on.

Oyranos had right from the beginning the intention to provide common 
terms and translations. Thats exactly the reason why IMO this stuff 
belongs into a CMS and should be exported. The problem is, my terms are 
not the ones of other authors. We have to discuss each english term first. 
Then we hopefully can settle in a more or less formal way.

kind regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
-- 
developing for colour management 
www.behrmann.name + www.oyranos.org