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Bug 98905 - [ui-review] s/Open recent/Recent Documents/
[ui-review] s/Open recent/Recent Documents/
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: panel
2.1.x
Other other
: Normal trivial
: ---
Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks: 115436
 
 
Reported: 2002-11-18 18:36 UTC by Andrew Sobala
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.3/2.4



Description Andrew Sobala 2002-11-18 18:36:51 UTC
UI review: The "Open Recent" menu should be renamed to "Regular files"
Comment 1 Ben FrantzDale 2002-12-07 22:58:25 UTC
I'm not sure "Regular files" is the best wording. "Regular" can mean
it's somehting used regularly, or it can mean "regular as opposed to
irregular." I wouldn't be suprised if a *majority* of users found the
second reading more natural.

What does Windows and MacOS use for this?
Comment 2 Mark McLoughlin 2003-06-18 12:31:01 UTC
Yeah, I have to say ... I'm not convinced by the wording either
Comment 3 Dennis Cranston 2003-07-26 00:32:28 UTC
> What does Windows and MacOS use for this?

Windows uses "Documents".  I like that even less than "Regual Files".
 Maybe we could use "Recent Documents"?  I don't know.
Comment 4 Vincent Untz 2003-11-19 19:38:34 UTC
I like "Recent Documents".
Is there any final decision for this?
Comment 5 Bryan W Clark 2003-11-19 20:24:33 UTC
Good suggestion, I prefer the "Recent Documents" to "Open Recent" as
the open recent implies an action that isn't necessarily happening.  

I'm not sure if "Documents" is the best word for the recent items, but
I've got nothing else better to suggest.

I'd say it looks good to go ahead with, this bug has been open for a
while so lets do this and someone can re-open it if they come up with
something better.
Comment 6 Calum Benson 2003-11-25 17:34:29 UTC
Agree, "Recent Documents" sounds good to me too.
Comment 7 William Jon McCann 2003-11-26 21:07:57 UTC
I agree that "Open Recent" sounds a little odd.  However, "Recent
Documents" lacks a verb.  Shouldn't items in a menu called "Actions"
have a verb?  How about "Open Recent Documents" ?
Comment 8 Vincent Untz 2003-11-26 23:54:01 UTC
Bryan: you told me you would talk about that with Seth. Any results?
Comment 9 Bryan W Clark 2003-12-01 03:44:28 UTC
Yes, go ahead with "Recent Documents", we can get away with not using
a verb in the Actions menu since this isn't really a button that
performs and action (rather it displays a list).  

The root of the problem is really in the "Actions" wording, but we
won't get into that in this bug.  "Actions" could probably use a
different term to describe the random bunch of items that all Desktops
need to have easily available for people to use (and don't fit the in
Applications menu).

Vincent: Go ahead and commit this whenever you get a chance.
Comment 10 Vincent Untz 2003-12-01 07:33:40 UTC
This is now fixed in HEAD.
Thanks.