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Bug 690366 - improve add printer search box hint text
improve add printer search box hint text
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Printers
3.6.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Marek Kašík
Control-Center Maintainers
: 737657 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-12-17 18:06 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2016-01-27 14:04 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
Improve add printer search text (1.61 KB, patch)
2015-01-21 12:35 UTC, Marek Kašík
committed Details | Review

Description Allan Day 2012-12-17 18:06:03 UTC
The search box in the add printer dialog includes the hint text "Enter address of a printer or a text to filter results". The English could be better here, and the message could be clearer.

Suggestion: change the text to "Enter a network address or search for a printer"
Comment 1 Marek Kašík 2013-02-08 14:36:54 UTC
But the text doesn't quite reflect what the search box does. You can enter an address there in which case the Printers panel will look whether there are printers available on the address and add them into the list shown to the user.
The second part says that you can filter list of found printers by entered text so it won't "search" for a printer, it will just filter results.
Comment 2 Marek Kašík 2013-02-18 15:37:29 UTC
What about this text: "Enter a network address or filter expression" ? Or maybe something shorter "Enter an address or filter expression".
Comment 3 Allan Day 2013-02-19 11:15:42 UTC
Most people understand "filter" as "search". "Filter" is an uncommon term.
Comment 4 Marek Kašík 2013-02-19 11:35:02 UTC
Yeah, but I think that users will think about the "search" as about "search for printer on network" not "search for the printer in the list".
Comment 5 Marek Kašík 2015-01-21 12:35:06 UTC
Created attachment 295090 [details] [review]
Improve add printer search text

OK, I agree with the text now. The patch is attached.
Comment 6 Rui Matos 2015-01-21 12:38:15 UTC
Review of attachment 295090 [details] [review]:

OK
Comment 7 Marek Kašík 2015-01-21 12:48:00 UTC
Comment on attachment 295090 [details] [review]
Improve add printer search text

Thank you for the review. I've pushed the change to master.
Comment 8 Marek Kašík 2016-01-27 14:04:33 UTC
*** Bug 737657 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***