From kde-usability  Wed Sep 28 20:17:51 2005
From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:17:51 +0000
To: kde-usability
Subject: Re: Inconsistent messages in Add Applet ...
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On Wednesday 28 September 2005 10:33, Mashrab Kuvatov wrote:
> Add Applet to Panel|Menubar... Then, comes a dialog titled "Add Applet"

i can adjust the title of the dialog.

> with a list of applets and special buttons (!). In case of special buttons
> add applet to panel (in fact, all references to applet)  is not valid
> anymore.

the point is that users don't know the difference between "special buttons"=
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and "applets". for instance, people would look in "Applets" for the K Menu =
or=20
Window List buttons, but they aren't applets, they are "special buttons". s=
o=20
i lumped them all together so people don't have to know the internal workin=
gs=20
of kicker to be able to use it.

> I'd suggest to call the top level just "Add" or "Add Applet" and remove
> any reference to special button. It'd make it less technical.

how would one distinguish between adding an applicaton and adding an applet=
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then? they are two different entries and they aren't going to be merged int=
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one.

> If you really want to distinguish between panel and menubar, call the
> dialog "Panel|Menubar - Add" and the add button "Add to Panel|Menubar".

this is a bit more tricky to do (not hard, just more code to write) and i=20
never got around to it. we're in string freeze now AFAIK so it's too late t=
o=20
do that now.

> BTW, do not forget about i18n. A long message in English is probably OK
> in GUI, but it might look very long and screw a GUI in other language.

the same messages have been there for a long time in kicker and there haven=
't=20
been any problems to date. and yes, i'm very aware of the lengthening of=20
phrases in translations =3D)

btw, thanks for spending time and effort on translating kde! =3D)

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Aaron J. Seigo
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