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Subject: Re: Announce: Network Manager Applet and Dataengine in kdereview
From: Michael Pyne <mpyne () purinchu ! net>
Date: 2008-05-18 22:01:02
Message-ID: 200805181801.13560.mpyne () purinchu ! net
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On Sunday 18 May 2008, Christopher Blauvelt wrote:
> > * The Wireless settings dialog's network name entry is labelled "ESSID".
> > Will users who use this part of the applet know what that is? Perhaps
> > "Name (ESSID)" or better yet just "Name" would work?
>
> I can change this to Name. I don't think it's ambiguous so I don't see any
> reason not to.
One reason to throw the ESSID term in there is for instructions on the
internet that refer to it. If ESSID is never mentioned people who need a bit
of prior knowledge of networking if they see instructions that tell them to
change the ESSID they are looking for.
Regards,
- Michael Pyne
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-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">One reason to throw the ESSID \
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-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"> - Michael \
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