To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58159 Issue #:|58159 Summary:|Area terminology is confusing Component:|Chart Version:|OOo 2.0 Platform:|All URL:| OS/Version:|All Status:|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|ENHANCEMENT Priority:|P4 Subcomponent:|ui Assigned to:|kla Reported by:|joachimdurchholz
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Nov 19 06:31:43 -0800 2005 ------- Nobody has an idea what a "chart wall" is. The term "chart area" is ambiguous and could be rightfully used for any of the chart's components. This terminology is simply confusing. (Please note that the English terminology may be wrong; it's just guesswork based on the German version of OOo I'm using.) There are three main areas in a chart, from innermost to outermost: 1) The area where the graphic elements of the chart (dots, lines, pies, etc.) are places. Current terminology: "chart wall" (German: "Diagrammwand"). I don't know about US conventions for that, but I'm 100% sure that equating that area to a wall is not a common mental image for a German! 2) The above area, plus the axes and labels. Current terminology: "chart" (German: "Diagramm"). Now that's most unhelpful: any other area could have been named "chart" as well. 3) The outermost area, comprising everything that Chart handles. Current terminology: "chart area". This is just as unhelpful as "chart", any of the three areas could have been named that way. Hence this proposal: 1) Innermost area is "drawing area". 2) Drawing area plus axes is "data area". 3) Outermost area is "background area". Reasoning: 1) The innermost area takes up the graphic components of the chart. The entire purpose of Chart is visualisation, graphics, which is drawn - hence "drawing area". 2) The medium area comprises all the data that are taken from spreadsheet cells, hence "data area". 3) The outermost area is just a backdrop: its components don't move if the data area is moved or resized, it's just a passive backdrop for all the other parts of Chart. Hence "background". HTH :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
