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Re: [Ayatana] What is "idle" ?

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Subject: Re: [Ayatana] What is "idle" ?
From: Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:07:58 +0000
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frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx wrote on 25/02/11 12:22:
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> I noticed a degree of redundancy in the usage of the metaphor "idle",
> which might be something we can eliminate.
> In the attached screenshot i marked all instances and synonyms of
> "idle".
>...

Well spotted.

This problem has existed since at least 2006.
<http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2006-March/msg00057.html>
Perhaps it could be fixed as a papercut.

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