Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-13 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/13/2011 10:20 AM, David Nelson wrote: Hi, :-) On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 00:08, Barbara Duprey wrote: I'd definitely be glad to capture it somewhere. It seems like an extension of the "to-do" list that's on the wiki -- is that on Alfresco, too? (I haven't gotten into Alfresco at all yet, sor

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-13 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 00:08, Barbara Duprey wrote: > I'd definitely be glad to capture it somewhere. It seems like an extension > of the "to-do" list that's on the wiki -- is that on Alfresco, too? (I > haven't gotten into Alfresco at all yet, sorry -- I've been working from the > wiki.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-13 Thread Barbara Duprey
I'd definitely be glad to capture it somewhere. It seems like an extension of the "to-do" list that's on the wiki -- is that on Alfresco, too? (I haven't gotten into Alfresco at all yet, sorry -- I've been working from the wiki.) On 1/12/2011 8:38 PM, David Nelson wrote: Hi, :-) It would be i

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-12 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) It would be interesting to see how Sophie's offered content could be incorporated into the Alfresco site, to make it a reference resource available to docs workers. Would you have time for and feel like investigating that, by any chance, Barbara? David Nelson On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 04:3

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-12 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/12/2011 1:22 PM, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 1/12/2011 1:14 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: OK, it seems that "context menu" is the preferred choice. Thanks! Sometime around twenty years ago, Microsoft and Apple employed differing forms--context versus contextual--in their documentation. I forgot

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-12 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 1/12/2011 1:14 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: OK, it seems that "context menu" is the preferred choice. Thanks! Sometime around twenty years ago, Microsoft and Apple employed differing forms--context versus contextual--in their documentation. I forgot which one used which. Other developers typ

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-12 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/12/2011 4:32 AM, Sophie Gautier wrote: Hi Barbara, On 12/01/2011 01:42, Barbara Duprey wrote: [...] OK, thanks. Sounds as if we should change that as we go. And we also seem agreed on "dialog" rather than "dialog box" -- right? That is what is used in the help files. - For contextual

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-12 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 1/10/2011 9:09 PM, David Nelson wrote: Hi, :-) The term I have always used in my own work is "context-sensitive menu". Similarly, I prefer "dialog box" rather than just "dialog" But Hal mentioned an idea that we could compile a terminology glossary for the team, so that we all stay on the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-12 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Barbara, On 12/01/2011 01:42, Barbara Duprey wrote: [...] OK, thanks. Sounds as if we should change that as we go. And we also seem agreed on "dialog" rather than "dialog box" -- right? That is what is used in the help files. - For contextual menu/context menu: Contextual menu doesn't e

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-12 Thread Tom Davies
Despite a couple of people prefering "dialog-box" i think we have agreed that "dialog" is better for us because it is easier to make all documentation and help consistent if we use "dialog". The problem with pop-ups is that there really are so many different kinds and they do sometimes need to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-11 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/11/2011 11:29 AM, Sophie Gautier wrote: On 11/01/2011 19:41, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 1/10/2011 11:48 PM, Sophie Gautier wrote: Hi Jean, Barbara, On 11/01/2011 06:31, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 1/10/2011 8:22 PM, Jean Weber wrote: Seriously, shouldn't you get the glossary from Sophie and s

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-11 Thread Sophie Gautier
On 11/01/2011 19:41, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 1/10/2011 11:48 PM, Sophie Gautier wrote: Hi Jean, Barbara, On 11/01/2011 06:31, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 1/10/2011 8:22 PM, Jean Weber wrote: Seriously, shouldn't you get the glossary from Sophie and start with that? It will probably contain most

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-11 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/10/2011 11:48 PM, Sophie Gautier wrote: Hi Jean, Barbara, On 11/01/2011 06:31, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 1/10/2011 8:22 PM, Jean Weber wrote: Seriously, shouldn't you get the glossary from Sophie and start with that? It will probably contain most of the terms that the team needs, without le

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-11 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/10/2011 9:54 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 21:31 -0600, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 1/10/2011 8:22 PM, Jean Weber wrote: Seriously, shouldn't you get the glossary from Sophie and start with that? It will probably contain most of the terms that the team needs, without leng

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-11 Thread Tom Davies
but i tend to prefer just standing on the side-lines and complaining about everything! Regards from Tom :) From: Jean Weber To: "documentation@libreoffice.org" Sent: Tue, 11 January, 2011 2:22:35 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generi

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-10 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Jean, Barbara, On 11/01/2011 06:31, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 1/10/2011 8:22 PM, Jean Weber wrote: Seriously, shouldn't you get the glossary from Sophie and start with that? It will probably contain most of the terms that the team needs, without lengthy debate. Jean I agree. What I was think

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-10 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 21:31 -0600, Barbara Duprey wrote: > On 1/10/2011 8:22 PM, Jean Weber wrote: > > Seriously, shouldn't you get the glossary from Sophie and start with > > that? It will probably contain most of the terms that the team needs, > > without lengthy debate. > > Jean > > I agree. Wh

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-10 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/10/2011 8:22 PM, Jean Weber wrote: Seriously, shouldn't you get the glossary from Sophie and start with that? It will probably contain most of the terms that the team needs, without lengthy debate. Jean I agree. What I was thinking about is a compilation not just of the terms, but also of

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-10 Thread Jean Weber
Seriously, shouldn't you get the glossary from Sophie and start with that? It will probably contain most of the terms that the team needs, without lengthy debate. Jean On Tuesday, January 11, 2011, David Nelson wrote: > Hi, :-) > > The term I have always used in my own work is "context-sensitive

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-10 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) The term I have always used in my own work is "context-sensitive menu". Similarly, I prefer "dialog box" rather than just "dialog" But Hal mentioned an idea that we could compile a terminology glossary for the team, so that we all stay on the same track terminology-wise... Interested in