Re: revised patch to change tooltips

[jpg2 cec wustl edu]

> Jamin,
> 
> One compromise would be
> 
> "Terminal for Command Prompt"

I think that would work well.  

> Anyone know what Mac OS X does?
> 
> **********
> 
> I think we need go through all the tooltips in GNOME. I could add an extra
> field to that table I posted last week and come up with a proposal?

I agree; that would be a great idea.  Let me know if I can help.

-jamin

> Nils
> 
> jpg2 cec wustl edu wrote:
> 
> > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 07:08:37PM -0500, jpg2 cec wustl edu wrote:
> > >
> > > > Terminal emulation program - > Command Prompt
> > >
> > > I have some doubt about "Command Prompt".  With *nix systems, "Terminal"
> > > is an important concept that is hard to fit in a simple "Command Prompt"
> > > definition: you don't run Mutt inside a "Command Prompt", for example, but
> > > you run it inside a full-fledged Terminal Window, or something like that.
> >
> > I fully understand your reasoning.  Here's my reasoning and the
> > reasoning behind the usability report:
> >
> > The tooltips are for newbies--someone who has no clue what the icon
> > does and particularly, someone who isn't familiar with Linux or Unix
> > at all.  To them if they hover over the icon and a tooltip pops up
> > that says "Terminal emulation program" that will be absolutely
> > *nothing* to them.  However, even my mother has an idea what a command
> > prompt is--and not just from her Windows experience.  The phrase makes
> > sense to them.
> >
> > In addition, the phrase "Command Prompt" is more specific.  A terminal
> > is a generic term--like you said you can run mutt or vi or pico in a
> > terminal.  When someone is learning Linux/Unix they will invariably ,
> > at some point, want to get to the command prompt to try something that
> > a tutorial or a friend suggested.  They aren't likely to know that
> > what they want is a terminal emulator that starts a shell, giving them
> > a prompt.  Who cares that the command prompt is run in a terminal
> > emulator?
> >
> > I guess what it boils down to is that the term "Command Prompt" isn't
> > incorrect--it's specific.  It doesn't hurt the Unix pro's one bit;
> > they know fully what they're doing--in fact they can easily change the
> > tooltip themselves if it bothers them at some philosophical level.
> > And it helps greatly the newbies--which is really what tooltips are
> > for to begin with.
> >
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