I completely agree with use of user-friendly terms, and think that changes like this one (from Taxonomy to Categories), is nothing less than make the things obvious (in my point of view a need). That kind of change also reduce the learning curve of Drupal, wich is a threat for new admins *and* developers... GD ----- Oorspronkelijke bericht ----- Van: Khalid B Verzonden op: 30/9/2005 15:11
I am all for user friendly terms. Both to the admin and the end user.
Categories is much better than taxonomy. It gives the user an idea of what they are.
When a programmer lists features that are useful to end users, they should not gloat about how their application is superior because it uses linked lists, b-trees, ...etc. What matters is how these things are useful to the end users. I am not interested in the details of how my car engine functions. I just need it to run ...
Remember the original description of taxonomy, and how it relates to information theory? That may be interesting to informatics people, but not anyone else ...
Does the system use natural, non-technical language?
I tend to agree, and don't regret changing 'taxonomy' to 'categories'. Furthermore, I'm all for renaming 'path alias' to 'custom URL'. I'll continue to commit patches that eliminate technical jargon from Drupal.
The problem here is: Who is the user? Is it the admin of a site? Or is it the user registering on a site. For that latter kind of user I do agree with you, for admins I do not.