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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Inconsistent messages in Add Applet ...
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-09-28 20:17:51
Message-ID: 200509281417.57949.aseigo () kde ! org
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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" 
and "applets". for instance, people would look in "Applets" for the K Menu or 
Window List buttons, but they aren't applets, they are "special buttons". so 
i lumped them all together so people don't have to know the internal workings 
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, 
then? they are two different entries and they aren't going to be merged into 
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 
never got around to it. we're in string freeze now AFAIK so it's too late to 
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 
been any problems to date. and yes, i'm very aware of the lengthening of 
phrases in translations =)

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

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