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Contacts or friends #1544

Open StoyanDimitrov opened 2 years ago

StoyanDimitrov commented 2 years ago

Overview

  1. uTox version: 0.18.1
  2. Operating system: Win64

Issue

As it seems the UI uses interchangeably the terms "contacts" and "friends". While minor brings unnecessary noise in the interface.

ghost commented 2 years ago

Good point! I'll have to think about this. Which would you suggest, "friend", or "contact"?

StoyanDimitrov commented 2 years ago

Friend is more informal while contact sounds more formal. I guess it depends of the application's targeted audience. Looking at the codebase friend is more used of the two. But it will be outright mistake to take this into account for a decision. The translators - me failing into this group - will be more than happy to use whichever term is decided upon as long it is used consistently.

Since you asked, my personal preference goes to "contact". It's elegant, does not imply any relation between the parties, overall fits better with the purpose of the application.

GrayHatter commented 2 years ago

This has been a common point. I was convinced a while ago it should read contact, and not friend. The reason it's split is because I've only be slowly transitioning it over.