Re: freeze break request - WAS: Re: Help with strings for "solution" for desktop file "virus" problem



On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 13:52 +0100, Wouter Bolsterlee wrote:
> 2009-02-23 klockan 10:43 skrev Christian Rose:
> > On 2/23/09, Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 15:24 +0000, Karl Lattimer wrote:
> > >  > >  Untrusted application launcher
> > >  > >  The file %s is an application launcher, but it is not marked trusted.
> > >  > >  If you recieved this file from an unknown source or did not expect it
> > >  > >  to be an application launcher it may be unsafe to launch.
> > >  > >
> > >  > >  [_Launch anyway] [Mark as _Trusted] [[Cancel]]
> > >  > >
> > >  > > I don't feel this is a great wording, but I don't have any better ideas.
> > >  > > Maybe some native english speaker could help out?
> > >  >
> > >  > The application launcher %s is not marked as trusted. If this
> > >  > application launchers source is unknown to you then it may be unsafe to
> > >  > launch.
> > >  >
> > >  > [_Launch anyway] [Mark as _Trusted] [[Cancel]]
> > >  >
> > >  > Sound better?
> > >
> > >  Yeah, this looks better to me.
> > 
> > The possessive looks a bit weird, and the second sentence seems a bit
> > long. I'd like to add a modified proposal:
> > 
> >   The application launcher %s is not marked as trusted. If the source
> >   of this application launcher is unknown to you, then it may be
> >   unsafe to launch.
> > 
> > This clearly seems important, so string freeze approval from me.
> 
> 1. Why use the passive voice in the first sentence ("... is unknown to
>    you")? Directly addressing the user seems more logical in this case.
> 2. Why "is marked as trusted"? I think "has been marked trusted" makes more
>    sense?
> 3. Reordering the words so that it ends with the word "unsafe" likely gets
>    more attention from the user.
> 4. File names should be enclosed in double quotes.
> 
> So, my suggestion:
> 
>   The application launcher "%s" has not been marked as trusted. If you do
>   not know this application launcher's source, launching it may be unsafe.

This looks good to me, can i have another string freeze approval please?



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