Re: Word-a-Day: capplet, preference tool

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 17 Apr 2008, at 21:34, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:

> On Apr 11, 2008, at 8:41 PM, Shaun McCance wrote:
> > Revised proposal
> > ...
> > ======================================================
> > preferences window
> > A small application that allows users to change their
> > personal preference settings.
> > ...
> > ======================================================
> > settings window
> > A small application that allows users to change
> > system-wide settings.
>
> I think this distinction will not last long. I expect future combined
> windows to let you change both personal and (if you authenticate as an
> administrator) system-wide settings.

Also, it has to be said we've always deliberately avoided using more  
than one word for "preferences", i.e. in UI reviews we've always asked  
for anything called 'settings' or 'options' to be changed to  
'preferences' where at all possible.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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