Re: [Usability] proposed string overhaul for battstat applet

[Laurent Sansonetti <laurent sansonetti gmail com>]

Hi Davyd,

On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 13:40:26 +0800, Davyd Madeley <davyd madeley id au> wrote:
> Translators,
> 
> I am proposing an overhaul of the strings in the battery applet (right
> before the string freeze), as originally covered in:
>         http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89866
> 
> Patch to update translation (and a few related HIG bits and pieces) is
> here:
>         http://davyd.angrygoats.net/battstat.patch
> Screenshot (for the UI guys) is here:
>         http://davyd.angrygoats.net/images/gnome-battery-warning.png
> 
> Can I get thoughts please ASAP so I can get this committed and it can
> all be retranslated. Thanks
> 

According to the HIG [1] the primary text should be punctuated in
"newspaper headline" style, with no termination period.

Cheers,

--
Laurent

[1]: http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/windows-alert.html