Re: [Usability]recent documents in panel

["Adam D. Lopresto" <adam cec wustl edu>]

> > On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 14:15, Luis Villa wrote:
> > 
> > > The distinction between 'open' and 'run' is... very, very weak.
> > > Certainly, it's not one my mother would understand.
> > 
> 
> 'n' Calum sez: 
> 
> > Perhaps... it's a distinction we make everywhere else though (moreso in
> > the user guide than on the desktop itself, I suspect) so we'd need to
> > fix this everywhere if we agree on better terminology.
> > 
> 
> so Pat chimes in: 
> 
> Erm, "fix this everywhere" has a chilling ring. Especially as the dedicated 
> GNOME-scribes have already scrutinized these terms. See the following locatio
> n 
> for further information: 
> 
> http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/gnome-glossary-user-actions.
> htm
> l
> 
> I do believe that Luis's mom would understand these definitions. 

The problem isn't that the verbs themselves are weak, but that they don't
convey the full intent.  Looking at those definitions I don't see any reason
why I can't Open galeon.  And I know I was recently using it, but, darn it,
it's not in Open Recent, it's in Run Recent.  The verbs are good for giving
subtle hints about the kind of objects behind them, but I really don't think
they should stand alone as the sole indicators of what it is.  Maybe Run Recent
Application and Open Recent Document (or File or whatever).  Personally, I'm
liking the idea of sticking them in very different places anyway, so it
wouldn't even matter.
-- 
Adam Lopresto (adam cec wustl edu)
http://cec.wustl.edu/~adam/

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