Bug 141257

Summary:	"samba shares" is a user unfriendly name
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kio-extras	Reporter:	Yuriy Kozlov <yuriy.kozlov>
Component:	Samba	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	finex, nate, thomas
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	junior-jobs, usability
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://commits.kde.org/kio-extras/80429a0ed768501b64b5fd7f85c978cb7856a367	Version Fixed In:	18.08.0
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Rename 'Samba Shares' to 'Windows Shares (SMB)'

Description Yuriy Kozlov 2007-02-06 04:53:12 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

In remote:/ there is an entry titled "Samba Shares"

A new user would have no idea what this means, and would not know to look there for windows shares.  This should be renamed to something that is more self explanatory.

Originally reported here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+bug/50264
There are some ideas to rename it to "Network Shares (SMB)" or "Windows Shares (using Samba)".

Comment 1 FiNeX 2008-11-12 10:42:43 UTC

This could be still valid in KDE4.

Comment 2 Maarten De Meyer 2012-03-06 09:36:25 UTC

Created attachment 69323 [details]
Rename 'Samba Shares' to 'Windows Shares (SMB)'

This simply renames 'Samba Shares' to 'Windows Shares (SMB)'
I am open to suggestions for other names.

patch against kde-runtime/kioslave/smb/smb-network.desktop
Not sure how to commit this..

Comment 3 Thomas Tanghus 2012-06-22 17:22:16 UTC

My vote is on "Network Shares (SMB/CIFS)".

- Network shares will be understandable for people coming from a Windows environment, while specifying the protocols won't piss off those to whom network sharing is solely nfs.

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2018-05-08 19:48:26 UTC

"Windows Shares" won't work because Samba is now used by all three major platforms (Mac, Windows, and Linux). We should still use a better term though.

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2018-05-08 20:09:20 UTC

Patch available: https://phabricator.kde.org/D12765

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2018-05-09 13:01:23 UTC

Git commit 80429a0ed768501b64b5fd7f85c978cb7856a367 by Nathaniel Graham.
Committed on 09/05/2018 at 13:01.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

Use a more intuitive, user-friendly name for Samba share access

Summary:
"Samba shares" is a jargonistic term that won't mean much to most people. This patch replaces it with a more intuitive and user-friendly term.
FIXED-IN: 18.08.0

Test Plan: {F5839919}

Reviewers: #frameworks, #dolphin, #vdg, apol, markg

Reviewed By: apol, markg

Subscribers: markg, ltoscano, elvisangelaccio

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D12765

M  +1    -1    smb/smb-network.desktop

https://commits.kde.org/kio-extras/80429a0ed768501b64b5fd7f85c978cb7856a367