[Ardour-Dev] Ardour GUI strings

[Piotr Zaryk]

>Sorry, I think I overreacted there :-P. I afree that the extra nudge word
should be removed...

The 'nudge' word is only an example. There are lots of such repetitions. ;-)
Repeating or not words included in the higher category does not depend on
the enviroment. Windows professional applications also follows KISS and do
not repeat names of the functionunnecessarily.

2008/4/14, Dan Weatherill <plasteredparrot at gmail.com>:
>
> Sorry, I think I overreacted there :-P. I afree that the extra nudge word
> should be removed...
>
>
> Piotr Zaryk wrote:
>
> > I meant that Ardour uses GTK and GNOME GUI standards would be welcome. I
> > think we shold set some rules how to design Ardour GUI. It is changing on
> > every Ardour release.
> >
> > It's obvious because Ardour is still in development but I think some
> > rules could prevent the mess in the interface and could simplify it. That,
> > in fact will make writing Ardour documentation easier.
> >
> > 2008/4/13, Ray Rashif <schivmeister at gmail.com <mailto:
> > schivmeister at gmail.com>>:
> >
> >    Since when is Ardour exclusively "part of GNOME"? IMHO that's
> >    something very minor, but I definitely agree on the KISS principle
> >    of language and navigation although I'm not a developer. Doesn't
> >    look like a priority, but may be suitable for the TODO list.
> >
> >    On 13/04/2008, *Piotr Zaryk* <pzaryk at gmail.com
> >    <mailto:pzaryk at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >        Hi,
> >
> >            I have a little suggestion for the Ardour GUI. For a
> >        professional look and usability it would be great to change a
> >        few things: do not repeat words in the interface that are
> >        included in the tab name or higher category (for ex. menu
> >        Edit>Nudge>(Nudge) Forward). The 'nudge' in the bracket should
> >        be removed. Im am a member of a professional GNOME/Mozilla
> >        translators team Aviary.pl and our standards include this
> >        recommendation. Ardour is a part of GNOME and the standards
> >        tells about KISS and the language economy. The Less words, the
> >        more interface is clear and professional.
> >            I could change the strings myself but would like to know
> >        how to do that. Should I use Glade and edit some files or only
> >        the change of a pot file is needed?
> >            What do you thing about it?
> >
> >        --        Best Regards,
> >        Piotr Zaryk
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> > Piotr Zaryk
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Best Regards,
Piotr Zaryk
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