Re: freeze break request - WAS: Re: Help with strings for "solution" for desktop file "virus" problem
- From: Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>
- To: Wouter Bolsterlee <wbolster gnome org>
- Cc: gnome-i18n gnome org, release-team gnome org, gnome-doc-list gnome org, desktop-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: freeze break request - WAS: Re: Help with strings for "solution" for desktop file "virus" problem
- Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:16:28 +0100
On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 13:52 +0100, Wouter Bolsterlee wrote:
> 2009-02-23 klockan 10:43 skrev Christian Rose:
> > On 2/23/09, Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 15:24 +0000, Karl Lattimer wrote:
> > > > > Untrusted application launcher
> > > > > The file %s is an application launcher, but it is not marked trusted.
> > > > > If you recieved this file from an unknown source or did not expect it
> > > > > to be an application launcher it may be unsafe to launch.
> > > > >
> > > > > [_Launch anyway] [Mark as _Trusted] [[Cancel]]
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't feel this is a great wording, but I don't have any better ideas.
> > > > > Maybe some native english speaker could help out?
> > > >
> > > > The application launcher %s is not marked as trusted. If this
> > > > application launchers source is unknown to you then it may be unsafe to
> > > > launch.
> > > >
> > > > [_Launch anyway] [Mark as _Trusted] [[Cancel]]
> > > >
> > > > Sound better?
> > >
> > > Yeah, this looks better to me.
> >
> > The possessive looks a bit weird, and the second sentence seems a bit
> > long. I'd like to add a modified proposal:
> >
> > The application launcher %s is not marked as trusted. If the source
> > of this application launcher is unknown to you, then it may be
> > unsafe to launch.
> >
> > This clearly seems important, so string freeze approval from me.
>
> 1. Why use the passive voice in the first sentence ("... is unknown to
> you")? Directly addressing the user seems more logical in this case.
> 2. Why "is marked as trusted"? I think "has been marked trusted" makes more
> sense?
> 3. Reordering the words so that it ends with the word "unsafe" likely gets
> more attention from the user.
> 4. File names should be enclosed in double quotes.
>
> So, my suggestion:
>
> The application launcher "%s" has not been marked as trusted. If you do
> not know this application launcher's source, launching it may be unsafe.
This looks good to me, can i have another string freeze approval please?
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