Re: "Clean Up by Name" connotes a less desirable Windows feature

[David Siegel <david siegel canonical com>]

This is getting very confusing :)

I think "align" is a bit deceptive, because it doesn't lead users to
understand that everything on their desktop could be moved around
drastically. In the ideal case, wouldn't "Organize Desktop Items" only
be available to users who manually arrange their desktop items instead
of using an auto-alignment scheme? Maybe it will help to think of
where this feature will end up in the long run.

David

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Vishnoo <drkvi-a yahoo com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 10:30 -0600, David Siegel wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 4:11 AM, Marcus Carlson <nautilus mejlamej nu> wrote:
>> > Alexander Larsson skrev:
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 13:14 -0600, David Siegel wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> From user testing and comments on bugs, some users find it hard to
>> >>> anticipate what choosing "Clean Up by Name" from the Nautilus desktop
>> >>> context menu will do. Users familiar with Windows's "Clean Up"
>> >>> functionality hesitate to use this handy feature in Nautilus because
>> >>> they don't want to deal with the clean-up wizard or Unused Items
>> >>> folder they may be trained to expect from Windows.
>> >>>
>> >>> I recommend changing the string "Clean Up by Name" to "Arrange by
>> >>> Name" to avoid connoting the Windows feature of a similar name.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> "Arrange by name" conflicts with how we use that to mean the automatic
>> >> sorting done by view->arrange items->by name" which is why another word
>> >> is used for this one-shoot effect.
>> >>
>> >> So, we need a better word.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > "Organize desktop"?
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>>
>> "Organize Desktop" is pretty good. How about "Organize Desktop Items"
>> to be a bit more specific?
>>
>> Our requirements:
>>   * Should not use the words "clean" or "arrange".
>>   * Should not make the user think that items will be deleted.
>>
>> David
>
> How about "Align by Name" ?
>
> We already use "Keep Aligned"  ,
> Wouldnt it be easier using the same term , than having two terms for the
> same function?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Vish
>
>