Bug 428838

Summary: Renaming Dolphin to Comply with Standard Shortcut
Product: [Applications] dolphin Reporter: Kowalsky <kdeng>
Component: generalAssignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status: CLOSED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: kfm-devel, luigi.toscano, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: All   
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Description Kowalsky 2020-11-08 11:46:12 UTC 
SUMMARY
There is a standard for shortcut (which is the default on KDE): Win+E which opens file Explorer and KDE has a confusing name for file Explorer which starts with D (D as in '(show) Desktop'). There should be a change and Dolphin should be renamed to Explorer as not to confuse users and to conform to well established standards (ie. shortcut).

Expected result:
1. Renaming Dolphin to Explorer as Dolphin is not a standard name and confuses users
2. Keeping the standard shortcut of Win+E (E as in Explorer, for file Explorer), where KDE already conforms to this standard shorcut.
3. Win+E will open (file) Explorer and this will not confuse users by opening some "aquapark feeding time software thing" named Dolphin.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-11-08 11:50:39 UTC 
We're not trying to copy Windows, and we're not going to re-brand our own apps to copy the name of competing software on a different platform. Sorry. :)
Comment 2 Kowalsky 2020-11-08 12:02:22 UTC 
Win+E is a standard shortcut that is used by KDE. So its a logigal to conform to this standard.
Comment 3 Luigi Toscano 2020-11-08 13:54:50 UTC 
(In reply to Kowalsky from comment #2)
> Win+E is a standard shortcut that is used by KDE. So its a logigal to
> conform to this standard.

Ctrl-V is is standard as well, but there is no V in "paste" (same for Ctrl-X and "cut").
Comment 4 2wxsy58236r3 2020-11-09 01:23:25 UTC 
It will be confusing (and boring) if every desktop environment names their default file manager "Explorer".
Imagine Thunar, GNOME Files (Nautilus), PCManFM and Dolphin being renamed to "(DE's name) Explorer".