On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 14:48 -0500, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 21:23 +0200, Luca Ferretti wrote: > > Il giorno mar, 08/04/2008 alle 11.15 -0500, Shaun McCance ha scritto: > > > Luca, you sent this off-list. I don't see anything personal > > > or whatever in here, so I assume it was an accident. > > > > Sorry, my fault, clicked the wrong button.. > > > > > > I mean, in applications, the menu entry I've choose in order to contact > > > > my best friend, should be "send a new instant message" or "open/start a > > > > new conversation"? > > > > > > Good question. I think when the context of instant > > > messaging has been established, words like "message" > > > and "conversation" can be used alone. Gaim 2.0 uses > > > "New Instant Message" in the Buddies menu, but "IM" > > > > OT: could we kill "buddy"? > > Added to the list. Is "contact" a good word? I agree that buddy should be banned. I don't like 'contact'. I think it has too many meanings to be associated with a person. Are chat rooms also contacts? Using my wife as an example, she stumbles to find someone's email address/address/phone number is Evolution because it uses the term 'Contacts'. She is thinking of an people or address book. I think this is a similar problem. This is may only be an issue in English. No better words come time mind, but I would prefer a word that definitely meant people and groups. -- __C U R T I S C. H O V E Y_______ Guilty of stealing everything I am.
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