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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] jargon is bad! :)
From:       "David Jarvie" <djarvie () kde ! org>
Date:       2010-03-23 12:09:08
Message-ID: 397a913fd281a463104d374ecba82790.squirrel () www ! sensical ! net
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On Tue, March 23, 2010 10:59 am, Frank Thieme wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:21, David Jarvie <djarvie@kde.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, March 22, 2010 5:58 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
>>> But then most of us agree that they wouldn't understand a 'plain
>>> English'
>>> message either, so maybe it really is better to give something
>>> google-able
>>> for those that want to look for it.
>>
>> The point I'm trying to make (badly) is that on *some* occasions they
>> would read a message and if it is in plain English, they would stand a
>> chance of understanding it. But if it includes terms like Akonadi,
>> there's
>> no way they'd understand it even if they Googled it (which they wouldn't
>> anyway).
>
> What about a plain message for the user to inform and a hidden, more
> technical message for the user that wants to investigate and solve
> problems. There could be a small "click here for technical
> information" link on the error dialog to unhide the technical stuff.

Where additional technical information is likely to be useful, I think
this is a very good way of catering for all types of user.

-- 
David Jarvie.
KDE developer.
KAlarm author - http://www.astrojar.org.uk/kalarm

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