Weiter Button is named zurück, like the back button, in (probably) all KDE Dialogs

Bug #16840 reported by Patrick Gerken
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kde-i18n-de (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Jonathan Riddell

Bug Description

I saw it, when I added a contact in kopete, where the dialogs consequently have two
"Zurück" Buttons.
To check if it is a Kopete specific Problem, I started the AntiSpam Assistant in
KMail, it showed the same Bug.

pge@yasha:~$ apt-cache madison kde-i18n-de
kde-i18n-de | 4:3.4.0+cvs20040506.really.3.4.0-0ubuntu1 |
http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hoary/main Packages
  kde-i18n | 4:3.4.0+cvs20040506.really.3.4.0-0ubuntu1 | http://de.archive.ubuntu.com
hoary/main Sources

I'll try to attach a screenshot

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Patrick Gerken (patrick-gerken) wrote :

Created an attachment (id=2241)
A little proof

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Patrick Gerken (patrick-gerken) wrote :

Ok, I started to tell a story, and I don't want to delete it, therefor
short version:
For clarification, name the next button "Weiter" instead of falsely named "Zurück".
I accidently found that KTip uses "Nächster" for a similar button. I have no real problem with
that in context of KTip, but in context of wizards. If you want to know why, read on.

long version:
As I tell everybody I know that I filed a bug I got a little feedback, in that case the question
was if the "next" button should not be named like the "go back" button, what should it be named
like then?

So the next button should/could be named "Weiter"
This fits better than "zurück" and was used by ktip in kde 3.3
ktip in kubuntu uses the term "Nächster" Therefor I am a little bit confused. "Nächster" means
next, but "Nächster" is male, if something is female it would be called "Nächste" and if it is
neither male nor female it is named like female. As male and female sometimes changes if you
switch languages (No, they don't cut something away and drill a hole when you pass a border!) it
would be veery complicated to implement (I think like developer here. print(_("next",
gender='male'); would not find approvement...) this correct. "Nächster" Also might look silly in
the context of a multiscreen wizard. At least I would also start to think "nächster was?" (en:
"what type of next?"). Then I would start to think that I would call every single screen a page.
Then I would think "But wait page is female". But If I use "Nächste", which would also mean the
back button should be named "Vorherige", everybody would start the same thinking with ktip
buttons. Because a tip is male.
Because of that I vote for "Weiter" because this is an action, and nobody asks if the action can
pee while standing or not.

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Kai F. Lahmann (kl) wrote :

*** Bug 17229 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Kai F. Lahmann (kl) wrote :

it's fixed in breezy...

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Corey Burger (corey.burger) wrote :

Marking as fixed, as per previous comment. Reporter, if you still see the bug in
the latest Breezy, please reopen bug.

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