[Qgis-developer] least surprise, or: which terms should be used?

[Martin Dobias]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
> Hi all.
> Thanks to Camilo, the analytical framework is now working, and many SAGA modules can
> be run smoothly from QGIS. See:
> https://github.com/polymeris/qgis/wiki/Module-Support
> https://github.com/polymeris/qgis/wiki/Tested-Modules
> Still several important things to do, but the structure is in place.
> Now we have to think about human interface. One thing is: which terms should be used?
> SAGA uses "grid", whereas QGIS uses "raster". To me, the idea is to have a consistent
> GUI in QGIS, so better use the QGIS terms not to scare off our users, but this could
> be confusing for previous SAGA users. I see this as a minor problema, but I may be wrong.

Also please note that SAGA "grid" is actualy a "raster band" in QGIS
terminology, since one raster layer could contain several bands.

Martin