Naming TransformAble2
Michael S Elledge
elledge at msu.edu
Mon Oct 6 19:17:51 UTC 2008
I'm a little confused. Are we talking about the name for Transformable as a
widget, or the link that would appear on a web page?
Mike
Daphne Ogle writes:
> +1 for "User Interface Options" or "User Interface Preferences"
>
> I was going to respond with only the latter but Anastasia's comment
> convinced me that brevity and ease of rolling off the tongue are
> pretty important too. I like preferences because it is more personal
> and we want to transform the interface to the user's personal needs.
>
> -Daphne
>
> On Oct 3, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Anastasia Cheetham wrote:
>
>>
>>> Interface Options
>>> Interface Preferences
>>> User Interface Options
>>> User Interface Preferences
>>> Personal Interface Options
>>> Personal Interface Preferences
>>>
>>
>> +1 for "User Interface Options"
>>
>> Interface alone, without anything in front of it, sounds more
>> technical than user interface, which is a very commonly used phrase.
>> User interface rolls off the tongue more easily than 'personal
>> interface', and 'options' rolls more easily than 'preferences'
>>
>> My second choice would be Interface Options, for simplicity and
>> brevity.
>>
>> --
>> Anastasia Cheetham a.cheetham at utoronto.ca
>> Software Designer, Fluid Project http://fluidproject.org
>> Adaptive Technology Resource Centre / University of Toronto
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> Daphne Ogle
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> University of California, Berkeley
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