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RE: tumme testing


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: tumme testing
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:41:13 -0800

    '(("Very small" . "32x32")
      ("Normal" . "128x128")
      ("Large" . "256x256"))

Small, Medium, Large.

    For example, the Gimp uses the following vocabulary for the size words
    describing the preview sizes:

    Tiny
    Very small
    Small
    Medium
    Large
    Very large
    Huge
    Enormous
    Gigantic

Quick! - which is bigger, Enormous or Huge? Such names are opaque on their
own - users will need to look up what they mean anyway.

Why not just use the size as the name, without adding the vague translation?
"256x256" is a perfectly good name, and it gives you a clear idea of the
size.

In that case, a list of size-names would suffice: ("32x32" "128x128"
"256x256").

An added benefit would be that any number of sizes could be used, without
resorting to coming up with names like "Super Duper Enormogigantissimo" and
"Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny" (which of course could only be used on yellow
polka-dot images).





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