Hi again!
Would anybody accept to consider these patches and apply them if he
doesn't see any problem with them? Much thanks in advance - I don't want
to spoil the list anymore with this minor issue.
Original message from Milan
Bryan Clark wrote:
> I'd recommend you go with the
Bryan Clark wrote:
> I'd recommend you go with the slight anthropomorphism or perhaps
> vicarious text. Despite the fact that your system is what keeps
> disconnecting and reconnecting to the network that's not how people
> think about it. When someone asks you if your laptop is connected to
> th
Is there anything wrong with "You have been disconnected from " ?
Bob Z.
On Wednesday 07 November 2007 12:36:43 pm Dan Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 19:50 +0100, Milan wrote:
> > Peter Clifton a écrit :
> > > On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 16:30 +0100, Milan wrote:
> > >>> applet-dbus-devices.c.
Milan wrote:
> Dan Williams wrote:
>
>> The problem with "interrupted" is that it implies that the connection
>> will come back of it's own accord, or that you were always meant to be
>> connected but that it just dropped out for a short period, which
>> definitely isn't the case. We need somet
Dan Williams wrote:
> The problem with "interrupted" is that it implies that the connection
> will come back of it's own accord, or that you were always meant to be
> connected but that it just dropped out for a short period, which
> definitely isn't the case. We need something that implies that y
On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 19:50 +0100, Milan wrote:
> Peter Clifton a écrit :
> > On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 16:30 +0100, Milan wrote:
> >
> >>> applet-dbus-devices.c.diff for 0.6.5) change the sentence to "The
> >>> network connection has been interrupted.", which is the same as the
> >>>
> >> ol
On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 19:50 +0100, Milan wrote:
> Peter Clifton a écrit :
> Maybe to be more precise, it would be a semantic mistake, grammar in its
> stict sense is still correct here.
>
> From my previous report on Bugzilla:
>
> When the network is disconnected, a notification appears, saying
Peter Clifton a écrit :
> On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 16:30 +0100, Milan wrote:
>
>>> applet-dbus-devices.c.diff for 0.6.5) change the sentence to "The
>>> network connection has been interrupted.", which is the same as the
>>>
>> old
>>
>>> but with correct syntax.
>>>
>
> What do
On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 16:30 +0100, Milan wrote:
>
> > applet-dbus-devices.c.diff for 0.6.5) change the sentence to "The
> > network connection has been interrupted.", which is the same as the
> old
> > but with correct syntax.
What do you mean "with correct syntax?"
- _("Th
On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 16:30 +0100, Milan wrote:
> Isn't there any developer that could correct this before 0.7 is
> released? SO far, I have only got a positive answer, but no developer at
> all.
> It would really be a shame to have this syntax mistake when all those
> new features are available. T
Isn't there any developer that could correct this before 0.7 is
released? SO far, I have only got a positive answer, but no developer at
all.
It would really be a shame to have this syntax mistake when all those
new features are available. Thanks in advance!
My previous message for reference:
Mil
Milan,
I agree with you that it is a little repetitive, and while I wouldn't
call it grammatically wrong, changing the sentence to "The network
connection has been interrupted" as you suggest might make it sound
more professional and just better. Anyway, I'm just a lowly high
school student, and I
Hi all!
I reported quite a long time ago bug 414197: "Bad formulation in
notification string at disconnection".
(http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414197)
It is about the sentence "The network connection has been disconnected."
that appears in a tooltip and is grammatically a nonsense. ;-
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