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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] jargon is bad! :)
From:       Mike Arthur <mike () mikearthur ! co ! uk>
Date:       2010-03-22 10:48:16
Message-ID: B9DDDEC8-7633-4AEF-9600-8BB9AE3857CC () mikearthur ! co ! uk
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On 21 Mar 2010, at 18:38, Anne Wilson wrote:

> Maybe it's an age thing ;-) - I'd never heard of PIM until - 1980s, was \
> it? -  everyone started having a Filofax.  Suddenly everyone needed a \
> PIM.

It probably is an age thing. I'd never heard of PIM either until working \
with KDEPIM. I think most people just think of PIM in terms of mail, \
calendar and contacts or *shudder* Outlook *shudder.

I don't think having Googleable terms is necessary a great thing, surely \
it's better so people can understand without having to do so?

Also, I remember reading a usability study recently where they said most \
novice users don't read error messages or dialog popups at all so I'm not \
sure even the most friendly error message in the world will help a novice \
work out what to do. The error message audience, in my opinion, should be \
the people who will fix the issues for novice users or the technical users \
who try and fix their own problems.

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Cheers,
Mike Arthur
http://mikearthur.co.uk

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