Re: project hamster - added "tracking" page to help

[Toms <toms baugis gmail com>]

Thanks Phil once again!

I decided to drop the paragraph as i think i failed to convey the
message anyway :)
Replace it with more explicit instructions instead!

http://git.gnome.org/browse/hamster-applet/commit/?id=3624047b3ae69b020183f767a729ca45f55efbad

Edits welcome :)

Toms




On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Phil Bull <philbull gmail com> wrote:
> Hi Toms,
>
> On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 21:02 +0100, Toms wrote:
> [...]
>> +    <item><p>Use tags instead of activities when you need to handle a large
>> +    number of activities (if you have hundreds of projects, for example).
>> +    Having a long list of activities will just slow down input, as it will
>> +    be hard to remember the right name.
>>
>> This paragraph mentions "activities" three times and feels a bit
>> repetitive. I wonder if it should go "use tag input field instead of
>> activity name input field" but that's awfully verbose.
>
> You're right, it is quite repetitive, but I think some degree of
> repetition is unavoidable (we need to use consistent terminology). How
> about:
>
> <item><p>Use tags if you need to handle a large number of activities (if
> you have hundreds of projects, for example). Having a long list of
> activities will just slow down input, as it will be hard to remember the
> right name.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
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