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Re: File menu changes (suggestions)
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: File menu changes (suggestions) |
Date: |
Mon, 27 Jun 2005 20:25:05 +0200 |
> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:41:31 +0900
> From: Miles Bader <address@hidden>
> Cc: Miles Bader <address@hidden>, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>,
> address@hidden,
> address@hidden, address@hidden
>
> On 6/27/05, Jason Rumney <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > But it doesn't do the opposite of split-window...
> >
> > That's a rather pedantic definition of opposite
>
> No it's not (are you serious?). "Unsplit window" vaguely implies that
> it simply undoes a previous split-window
To me, it means that a window (``frame'' in our parlance) that was
previously split into two or more parts now becomes "unsplit", i.e. we
are left with a frame that has only one window.
> > and dwelling on such
> > pedantry when choosing menu names results in confusion for less
> > experienced users, because you're removing helpful associations
> > between menu entries in return for absolute correctness.
>
> ... and dwelling on "symmetry" when it conflicts with clarity is also
> counter-productive. In many cases there is no perfect name that will
> help all people form all the right associations; all we can do is try
> to consider all the factors, and come up with something that results
> in a minimum of confusion.
I think "Unsplit" is the most associative name of all those suggested
in this discussion. Perhaps we should take a user poll to see whose
opinion is closer to them. Personally, I fully agree with Jason.
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), (continued)
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Jason Rumney, 2005/06/26
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Miles Bader, 2005/06/26
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Eli Zaretskii, 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Miles Bader, 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), David Kastrup, 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Eli Zaretskii, 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Jason Rumney, 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Miles Bader, 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions),
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), David Kastrup, 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Lennart Borgman, 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Eli Zaretskii, 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Richard M. Stallman, 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Eli Zaretskii, 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), John S. Yates, Jr., 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Lennart Borgman, 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Eli Zaretskii, 2005/06/27
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- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Lennart Borgman, 2005/06/27
- Re: File menu changes (suggestions), Richard M. Stallman, 2005/06/28