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[Anthony <Untaintableangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Completely on the same wavelength  ;) 

Thanks for your thoughts :)

On 03/07/13 23:09, Alfredo Hernández wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I completely agree in this issue. In other languages it's quite
> obvious the difference between "Background" and "Displays", but as you
> have mentioned, in English, "Displays" is a very vague description for
> what it does. I think that "Screen display settings" is the most
> descriptive name, but I'm afraid the length might be a problem. As we
> are already expecting settings in that place, I think we should avoid
> including "settings" in the very name; I personally would go with
> "Screen Display", a simple yet direct name.
>
> Regards, Alfredo.
>
> On 3 Jul 2013 23:57, "Anthony Harrington" <untaintableangel@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:untaintableangel@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Hello again, guys! Anthony here in need of some quick discussion if
>     anyone's got any thoughts.
>
>     A while back i changed the update manager to display as 'Software
>     Updater' after noticing that users were experiencing confusion about
>     what it was actually for and i'm happy to see it stuck.
>     Well, there's a similar problem i've noticed for users trying to
>     change
>     their desktop background and i remember falling into this trap myself
>     once when the interface changed on ubuntu (the change i mean was
>     probably from gtk2 to gtk3) where the System settings box was made and
>     there is a setting called 'Displays'.
>     I think it stands out very quickly, much more so than "Appearance" or
>     "Background" in the top left (depending on which version you're
>     running)
>     for changing the desktop background. Users mistakenly click 'Displays'
>     thinking it's for that purpose, before they realise it's for changing
>     the resolution/rotation of the screen's display or for running a
>     screen
>     within the screen or otherwise mirroring the running one etc etc
>
>     TL;DR version:  I'm suggesting a change of the label 'Displays' in the
>     system settings to something less vague, but keeping the brevity
>     of the
>     word - perhaps "Screen Display" over something like "Screen
>     settings" or
>     "Screen display settings".
>
>     Hopefully then, users will be more likely to distinguish it between
>     'settings for the screen' and 'settings for changing the screen's
>     image'. (Nothing else need change surrounding it, it's just the label
>     within "System settings" that's the problem and i think this
>     solves it.)
>
>     Opinions welcome - i'll push it through and backport it if we're in
>     accord or if noone minds. ;)   Let me know what you think as soon as
>     poss.
>
>     -Anthony
>
>     p.s. if anyone has any suggestions themselves about writing that would
>     make more sense, don't be afraid to speak up. This is certainly the
>     place for it! And afterall, we are the line that separates the
>     words of
>     a package and what the day-to-day endusers actually read when they
>     boot
>     up their computers!
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