Re: [Usability] "Favorites" vs. "Bookmarks"

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

John Fleck wrote:
> > I don't have much preference either way but the inconsistency bugs me.
> 
> Implicitly, the GDP Style Guide has gone with bookmark. It's not
> called out explicitly in our word list, but is used in one of the
> examples. The example points out an advantage - "bookmark" can be used
> as a verb: "To bookmark the web site, click on the doofus button..."

This may be an advantage in English, but I'm not so sure about other
languages.


> Consider the alternative: "To add a seb site to the favorites list..."
> is less concise.

"To add a bookmark for this web site, click on the doofus button..." is
in my opinion a better wording, translation-wise. It is easier to
translate (verbs that are identical to nouns are usually problematic
whatever the circumstances, and I personally don't know any language
other than English where you can use "bookmark" as a verb).

I'm not against the use of the "bookmark" noun, I just think that using
"bookmark" as a verb is problematic and should be avoided.


Christian