GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 480621
Inconsistent terminology in Preferences: email / mail / messages
Last modified: 2007-09-28 02:30:58 UTC
The Preferences window uses inconsistent terminology for electronic mail. I see a mix of terms "email", "mail", and "messages". Picking one term and using it consistently would make the Preferences look more polished and professional. I think we should stick with "message" because it seems like the majority of options already use "message" and there's a Message menu in the Mail component. Also, "message" is less ambiguous in a singular context than "mail". For example, in the "Receiving Options" tab of the Account Editor I see: [ ] Automatically check for new mail every XXX minutes [ ] Check for new messages in all folders I would prefer to see: [ ] Check for new messages every XXX minutes [ ] Check for new messages in all folders There are plenty of other examples.
Created attachment 96238 [details] [review] Patch for Evolution Fixed a handful of cases in Preferences and Plugins. I'm sure there's more hidden in dialogs and other dark corners. Here's the criteria I'm using: - Use "message" when referring to a mail message. - Use "folder" when referring to a mail folder. - Use "mail" when referring to both messages and folders. - Use "mail message" or "mail folder" when the terms are used in multiple contexts (e.g. "Generate a D-BUS message when new mail messages arrive.")
Sounds good. Commit to trunk.
Committed to Subversion trunk (revision 34326).