Re: [Nautilus-list] Proposed string changes to the Nautilus UI

["Eugene O'Connor" <eugene oconnor sun com>]

For a detailed explanation of why we use statusbar, see
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2001-December/msg00075.html.

Even if not everything in the Lay Out Items submenu is not sorting, in a
strict sense of the word, I think that the functionality is close enough
to sorting for the term Sort to be acceptable and meaningful as a menu
item. Another possible name for the submenu is Arrange or Arrange Items. 

I see your point about desktop and desktop background. In the course of
writing the documentation, we need to refer to everything on your
screen, including panels, windows, and so on (desktop) and the
background only (desktop background). The terms are defined in the
documentation Style Guide
(http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/gnome-glossary-desktop.html).
I think this problem can be resolved by changing the UI labels slightly.
Gerald Champagne raised this with me previously, but I would prefer to
deal with it in a separate mail to avoid the issues getting tangled
together.

Eugene

David Emory Watson wrote:
> 
> Some thoughts:
> 
> On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 10:17, Eugene O'Connor wrote:
> 
> > 2. Location: View menu
> > Replace: Hide sidebar
> > With: Hide side pane
> >
> > 3. Location: View menu
> > Replace: Hide status bar
> > With: Hide statusbar
> 
> Why statusbar but not sidepane?
> 
> > 4. Location: View menu
> > Replace: Lay Out Items
> > With: Sort
> 
> Not everything here is related to sorting.  For example: Manual Layout
> and Tighter Layout -> Layout is probably more accurate here since
> sorting is a special kind of layout.
> 
> > 10. Location: Edit > Preferences > Windows & Desktop
> > Replace: Use Nautilus to draw the desktop
> > With: Use Nautilus to draw the desktop background
> >
> > 11. Location: Edit > Preferences > Windows & Desktop
> > Replace: Use your home folder as the desktop
> > With: Use your home folder as the desktop background
> 
> This seems confusing, at least in my mind.  The desktop can have a
> background, but that is independent of the things that you put on your
> desktop (which is what this preference does, it puts different things on
> your desktop).
> 
> Perhaps a new user wouldn't see it this way.  But then again, what would
> it mean to a) Use your home folder as the desktop background and b)
> Change the desktop background (last option in the right-click desktop
> menu)?
> 
> > 12. Location: Edit > Preferences > Windows & Desktop
> > Replace: Display status bar in new windows
> > With: Display statusbar in new windows
> 
> Same concern as #3.
> 
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