Re: [Ayatana] Sound Menu and ellipsizing in the middle

2010-08-01 Thread Mark Shuttleworth 
 On 31/07/10 10:38, Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi wrote:
> (Sorry if this has been asked before)
>
> Hello,
> Currently, the Sound Menu ellipses the track name in the middle. Why's
> that? Ellipsizing in the middle creates confusion: for example,
> "Casiokids - Min Siste Dag" becomes "Casioki...ste Dag", which is not
> very understandable. Why not ellipsizing in the end instead?
>

There are often sets of things that start the same way. For example,

  Air on a C String Movement 1
  Air on a C String Movement 2
  Air on a C String Movement 3
  Air on a C String Movement 4

If your ellipsis are in the middle, you more often capture the essential
bits.

Even better, if you *know* the set of things, you can choose ellipsis
smartly so that you always capture the differentiating bits.

Mark



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[Ayatana] Sound Menu and ellipsizing in the middle

2010-07-31 Thread Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi 
(Sorry if this has been asked before)

Hello,
Currently, the Sound Menu ellipses the track name in the middle. Why's that?
Ellipsizing in the middle creates confusion: for example, "Casiokids - Min
Siste Dag" becomes "Casioki...ste Dag", which is not very understandable.
Why not ellipsizing in the end instead?

Thank you,
Mohamed Amine IL Idrissi
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