Re: Menu guidelines updated

["James M. Cape" <jcape ignore-your tv>]

On 03 Aug 2001 03:52:17 -0700, Seth Nickell wrote:
> > "Reload from Disk" is also very descriptive, but it's usually better to
> > avoid mentioning physical parts of the system like "disks"-- the user
> > may have no idea their document is actually being stored on a disk, it
> > may just be somewhere "in the computer" or "on the network" as far as
> > they're concerned.  And in the case of Linux-based PDAs, for example,
> > your documents aren't really being stored on a disk in the conventional
> > sense anyway  :o)
> 
> "Reload from disk" in my mind fails to capture that your current changes
> will be lost in favour of what was last saved. That the data is on disk
> or otherwise is somewhat irrelevant.
> 
> -Seth

"Reload From Saved"?

I smell another opportunity for a user test :-)

    Jim Cape
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