Re: Accelerator and terminology guides?

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

Calum Benson wrote:
> > I know there is a new UI guideline in the works, however, I'd really
> > like to know if it will cover topics such as terminology and keyboard
> > accelerators.
> 
> Those are certainly topics that I would expect to see in any UI
> guidelines, yes, although (with one or two honourable exceptions), it
> still seems that in the absence of any direction from some sort of style
> guide co-ordinator, nobody is actually writing any at the moment.

:-(


> > What I'm thinking of regarding
> > terminology is all things terminology (consistent English terminology
> > will not only help users but also documentators and translators), but
> > most importantly very delicate decisions like "folder" vs. "directory",
> > where a guideline surely would help.
> 
> The GNOME documentation team have a glossary list, which is at least
> partially translated into several languages and would be a good starting
> point for a simpler UI terminology list.  I'm sure it's available online
> somewhere, but I can't remember where, maybe Dan can point us at it?