diff --git a/animations/abstractanimation.h b/animations/abstractanimation.h
index 2eac4ae96..09f547c58 100644
--- a/animations/abstractanimation.h
+++ b/animations/abstractanimation.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public:
      * Take an AbstractAnimation and turn it into a 
      * QAbstractAnimation.
      */
-    virtual QAbstractAnimation* asQAnimation(QObject* parent) = 0;
+    virtual QAbstractAnimation* toQAbstractAnimation(QObject* parent) = 0;
 
 public slots:
 
diff --git a/animations/animation.cpp b/animations/animation.cpp
index b3e580c83..32573d31c 100644
--- a/animations/animation.cpp
+++ b/animations/animation.cpp
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ void Animation::setDuration(int duration)
 
 void Animation::start()
 {
-    QAbstractAnimation* anim = asQAnimation(d->m_parent);
+    QAbstractAnimation* anim = toQAbstractAnimation(d->m_parent);
     if (anim) {
         anim->start(QAbstractAnimation::DeleteWhenStopped);
     }
 }
 
-QAbstractAnimation* Animation::asQAnimation(QObject* parent)
+QAbstractAnimation* Animation::toQAbstractAnimation(QObject* parent)
 {
     //check if .setObject() was done
     if (!getAnimatedObject()) {
diff --git a/animations/animation.h b/animations/animation.h
index b80a08249..3fe67da77 100644
--- a/animations/animation.h
+++ b/animations/animation.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public:
      * NULL on error. This function just does some boilerplate checking and then
      * calls render().
      */
-    QAbstractAnimation* asQAnimation(QObject* parent = 0);
+    QAbstractAnimation* toQAbstractAnimation(QObject* parent = 0);
 
 protected:
 
diff --git a/animations/animationgroup.cpp b/animations/animationgroup.cpp
index a180fb46f..b32491e27 100644
--- a/animations/animationgroup.cpp
+++ b/animations/animationgroup.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void AnimationGroup::remove(int id)
 
 void AnimationGroup::start()
 {
-    QAbstractAnimation* anim = asQAnimation(m_parent);
+    QAbstractAnimation* anim = toQAbstractAnimation(m_parent);
     if (anim){
         /* FIXME: why to create and delete all the animations
          * every single time it runs?
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void AnimationGroup::start()
     }
 }
 
-QAnimationGroup* AnimationGroup::asQAnimation(QObject* parent)
+QAnimationGroup* AnimationGroup::toQAbstractAnimation(QObject* parent)
 {
     //if supplied, use parent given in args.
     QObject* correctParent;
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ QAnimationGroup* AnimationGroup::asQAnimation(QObject* parent)
     QListIterator<AbstractAnimation*> it(anims);
     while (it.hasNext()) {
         //add with group as owner
-        g->addAnimation(it.next()->asQAnimation(g));
+        g->addAnimation(it.next()->toQAbstractAnimation(g));
     }
 
     return g;
diff --git a/animations/animationgroup.h b/animations/animationgroup.h
index f4b704a67..f5247364f 100644
--- a/animations/animationgroup.h
+++ b/animations/animationgroup.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public:
      * specifically, a QSerialAnimation or QParallelAnimation depending on 
      * the value of m_parallel at the time of invocation. Returns NULL on error.
      */
-    QAnimationGroup* asQAnimation(QObject* parent = 0);
+    QAnimationGroup* toQAbstractAnimation(QObject* parent = 0);
 
 private:
 
diff --git a/animations/pulser.h b/animations/pulser.h
index d15a56743..6b35ccafc 100644
--- a/animations/pulser.h
+++ b/animations/pulser.h
@@ -31,14 +31,11 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT PulseAnimation : public Animation
 
 public:
     PulseAnimation();
-
-    virtual ~PulseAnimation();
+    ~PulseAnimation();
 
     void updateGeometry(QRectF updated, qreal zCoordinate = 0, qreal scale = 1.5);
-
     void setCopy(QGraphicsWidget *copy);
 
-
 public Q_SLOTS:
     void start();
     void resetPulser();