On 02/02/2012 05:13 PM, Miki Kenneth wrote:
>> If they are the same, then please use the term
'image'.
>
> As I said - no technical problem doing that, however in the engine we
> use the term "Disk" and the current name of the relevant VMs sub-tab
> is "Disks" and the name of the new main tab would be "Disks" (or
> "Virtual Disks"), etc. - so it will be strange to call the feature
> "floating image" when "floating" is going to be column in a GUI
grid
> titled "Disks".
> I assume that you can also find explanations of why using the term
> "Disk" is confusing and "Image" is better; I am just genuinely
not
> sure what is less confusing.
This is inconsistency I agree, but I think that from the User perspective we should stick
with either Disk or Drive. In any OS of a Server/Desktop the term rather Disk or Drives.
I'd go with what the REST API calls them right now, as changing it would
be the painful part.