Re: [Usability] Quicky review of Seahorse encryption key manager

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On Sep 16, 2006, at 11:37 PM, Joachim Noreiko wrote:
> ...
> --- Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com> wrote:
> > Whether to use "you"/"your" or "me"/"my" to refer to the person using
> > the computer is tricky, but I try to follow the rule: "you"/"your" for
> > headings and instructions (such as these tabs), "me"/"my" for controls
> > that express the user's intent (such as checkboxes and buttons).
>
> Something to be added to the Style Guide?
> ...

Perhaps. Meanwhile, today I discovered that much the same guideline has 
been introduced for Windows Vista: "Use the second person (you, your) 
to tell users what to do ... Use the first person (I, me, my) to let 
users tell the program what to do." 
<http://urlx.org/microsoft.com/9c4d5>

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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/