On 13-11-06 07:19 PM, Sérgio Marques wrote:
>>
>> Other are self-explanatory but just "Computer" looks a bit ambiguous. I
>> may be wrong of course, so any opinions and suggestions would be very
>> appreciated. Oh, may be something like "Drives list" is better? In fact,
>> that computer:// consists of mounts and volumes. The name "Computer" (or
>> "My Computer") is how similar folder is named in Windows. I don't like
>> that name but it was already there. :)
>
> In fact "My Computer" is in Windows system but wasn´t this the way it
> used to be in pcmanfm?
>
> My proposal is to stick with "My Computer". But if you choose
> different no problem. I just need to understand context to do a proper
> translation. And in this issue I´ve already understood it.
>
In the name of all that is good and holy, PLEASE don't start adding that
irritating, childish "My" prefix to things.
I'd probably be willing to maintain my own patched PPA just to strip it
back out.
>>
>> I think "tweaks" isn't appropriate word here. If not "switches" then
>> may be "options"? Or it would be ambiguous there?
>
> Daniel Forsi already suggested:
>
> <i>Commands below may include extra arguments if necessary.</i>
> "Hint: you can add optional arguments to customize the following commands"
>
> I prefer second. But i must say that your choice is better:
>
> <i>Commands below may include extra options if necessary.</i>
>
>
> I would stick on this one.
>
As a native English speaker who's had an obsessive interest in computers
since at least age 5, used DOS, every version of Windows since 3.1, and
various Linux distros and BSDs, and coded in various languages, I can
say with some authority that the terminology you want is either
"options" or "switches".
("Options" being the convention on Unixy OSes, "switches" being a DOS
convention that seems to be fading in the face of a flood of
cross-platform command-line tools like OptiPNG and UPX which follow
Linux terminological conventions but then become popular on Windows.)
"tweaks" refers to a related but different concept and "arguments"
already has an existing meaning which would cause confusion if it were
used to mean "options".
In argv-parsing libraries like Python's optparse (and its successor,
argparse), the following conventions are already established:
1. "switches" like -v are referred to as "options" and the manual
strongly recommends any use which confuses their "optional" status. (eg.
Requiring the user to pass at least one switch/option to specify the
program's mode of operation)
2. Positional arguments like URLs which aren't prefixed by dashes are
referred to as "arguments" and, if an argument is required, it should be
of this type. (eg. "git add <file>" as opposed to "git --add <file>")
>>
>>> Maybe "Open folder from location entry" or "Open folder in this location
>>> entry"
>>
>>> Is anyone English native speaker? The "Entered" here seem a bit strange.
>>
>> Oh, you are right, we need English native speaker's help...
>>
I actually think one potential trouble spot is using "Open folder" in
that type of full sentence.
I'd recommend using "Open the folder" in the tooltip to make it easier
for the reader to parse.
(Because "open" can also be an adjective, it takes extra thought to
recognize that "Open folder" is being used as a verb and that it's short
for "Open the folder" rather than as "the folder that's already open".)
Also, "location entry" sounds strange and unfamiliar. What UI element is
it referring to? I may be able to suggest a better term.
(eg. Is it the field at the top of the window where you can type a new
path and press Enter to navigate? If so, the world of web browsers has
already done a good enough job of teaching everyone to refer to that as
"the address bar" that everyone was already calling it that in Windows
Explorer back in the Windows XP days.)
Finally, don't use "this location entry" unless you plan to render an
arrow from the tooltip to the location entry. (Use something else like
"the selected location entry" if it's an entry in a list or "the address
bar" if it's the address bar.)
I can provide a more concrete suggestion once I know what UI element
you're referring to.
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