Re: [Usability] Linux Desktop Usability Report

[Eugene Oconnor Sun COM]

I'll be adding "assistant" as a term to the next update of the GDSG, hopefully 
in mid-September.

Eugene

"David Adam Bordoley" <bordoley msu edu> wrote:
>Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:32:15 -0400
>alan wrote:
>> I will use this opportunity to mention the term "Druid" as the most
>> unpleasant piece of wording I can think of in the entire Gnome desktop.
>> It overstretches an already weak metaphor (Wizard), at least the AutoPilot
>> terminology used by OpenOffice is far more likely to be understood by
>> users unfamiliar with computers even though it does also suffer the
>> inconsistancy disadvantage.
>
>I'm fairly certain the HIG recommends using the term "Assistant." 
>
>dave
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