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I don't understand...
by mkrs on Thursday 27/Dec/2007, @06:22
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| This is a kind of inconsistent. There was a call to developers to rename apps so that their names reflect their functionality. And now we have a Video Player named Dragon? I don't understand it. And I don't really like it at all. |
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Re: I don't understand...
by sebas on Thursday 27/Dec/2007, @06:54
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Where's that call you're referring to?
And as it is with names, one tends to judge their quality from one's own experiences (or 'framing'), so if you like Dragon Player, you might appreciate its name at some point as well. Self-fulfilling prophecies, that's what we do. :-)
What is _much_ more important than the name (that got so many reactions in the first place) is that we'll shortly have a KDE4 port of my favorite videoplayer, and a showcase for Phonon. Thanks eean, you rock!
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Re: I don't understand...
by ivanonymous on Thursday 27/Dec/2007, @08:25
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Kickoff mitigates possible confusions by showing the generic category by default and the specific name only on mouseover.
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Re: I don't understand...
by Bobby on Thursday 27/Dec/2007, @09:11
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My favourite video player (Kaffeine) won't make it for KDE 4.0 unfortunately. Kplayer isn't bad but I miss Kaffeine's GUI. I will take a look at Dragon Player, maybe it can serve as a temporary replacement until Kaffeine is ready.
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Re: I don't understand...
by Syzar on Thursday 27/Dec/2007, @12:54
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You could try SMplayer. It's Qt (newest version is qt4) gui for Mplayer. Only thing lacking is dvd-menus, but that's more of mplayer's fault. :(
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Re: I don't understand...
by Bobby on Thursday 27/Dec/2007, @15:03
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Thanks, I just installed and tried it. It looks very nice and a lot better than kmplayer or kplayer but lack the dvd-menus that kaffeine has like you said.
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Re: I don't understand...
by Jonathan on Thursday 27/Dec/2007, @20:50
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Why not just use KDE 3 Kaffine in KDE4? It's compatible.
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Re: I don't understand...
by Richard on Thursday 27/Dec/2007, @14:20
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lol
dragon player is a pretty retarded name. Just the name alone will make people think it is a gimmick and not a reliable player. changing names like this will not impress the windows market for kde 4
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Re: I don't understand...
by Darryl Wheatley on Thursday 27/Dec/2007, @16:54
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Well everyone's an armchair expert. :)
Seriously, such comments are pretty pointless. When the Firefox name was suggested for a then-unknown internet browser, it was scorned and ridiculed to no end by many. The rest, as they say, is history.
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Re: I don't understand...
by Ian Monroe on Thursday 27/Dec/2007, @19:35
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Not to mention the Wii. :)
I think Sebas is right, if the Wii was stupid we would probably still be making fun of the name.
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Re: I don't understand...
by T. J. Brumfield on Thursday 27/Dec/2007, @20:42
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I love dragons, and calling it dragon PLAYER does make it obvious what the app does. Some app names give me absolutely no clue what the app does.
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Re: I don't understand...
by Hans on Friday 28/Dec/2007, @13:19
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>> I love dragons
Me too. (I was born in the year of the dragon, but that's not the only reason).
Now I can't wait to see a sweet Oxygen icon for this app. *drool*
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Re: I don't understand...
by Chaoswind on Saturday 29/Dec/2007, @03:51
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> calling it dragon PLAYER does make it obvious what the app does
Not really. It just say, it play something, but not WHAT. It could be audio or video, but also flash, a virtual maschine (remember vmware player), or just some exotic binary-format like a game boy-rom. At least, it could also be some completly different, like a tamagotchi-like dragon-game ;)
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Re: I don't understand...
by Lee on Saturday 29/Dec/2007, @18:02
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It could also be something for young lads with oriental tattoos, who like to play the field :)
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Re: I don't understand...
by anon on Sunday 30/Dec/2007, @18:03
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yes, it plays dragons.
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Re: I don't understand...
by Gordon on Friday 28/Dec/2007, @15:08
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Do you really want to know why people make such a big deal out of names? Because free software operating systems, as a platform, suck and people are always pointing at the wrong reasons for their failure, when in reality far more important issues are left unsolved.
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finding appropriate ways to authenticate trolls..
by eMPee584 on Wednesday 02/Jan/2008, @15:45
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..and filter them? Like this.. StupidFilter thingie?
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