Subject: Re: consensus? (was Re: TODO icons and labels)
From: Vlad Harchev (hvv@hippo.ru)
Date: Fri Mar 16 2001 - 03:33:39 CST
On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Paul Rohr wrote:
Hi,
> At 11:41 AM 3/13/01 +0400, Vlad Harchev wrote:
> > As for my opinion - I greatly prefer 3), then 1), but I strongly object
> >to using "TODO". Just think about very annoyed user - s/he will have to know
> >CVS, know C syntax (to update *.h files), know English and know how to submit
> >a patch that fixes the translation (and s/he should be subscribed to our
> >mailing list in order to know when we plan to release). It's impractical to
> >expect such level f knoweledge from french church secretary.
> >
> > 3) or 1) is much better than "TODO" since untranslated strings are unique,
> >and so that two menuitems placed side by side are distinguishable by eye (I'm
> >talking about the ease of use of AW with not-finished l10n).
> >
> > So I'm heartfully looking forward to removing "TODO" fallback and using
> >untranslated strings.
>
> AFAIK, the widely-despised user-hostile TODO fallbacks are now gone in favor
> of option #1, thanks to Joaquin's commit that spawned this thread. This is
> a good first step.
>
> There seems to be an emerging consensus (Vlad & Joaquin) that prefixing the
> en-US string might be worthwhile, but Tomas prefers #2 (the warning dialog
> on launch). Does either camp feel strongly enough about this to supply the
> necessary code?
As for me - it's not a much difference whether the string is prefixed or not.
Just not always "TODO".
> I'm trying to get my big fat mouth out of this decision as fast as I can
> backpedal, but since I started it, I want to be sure it gets resolved once &
> for all.
>
> Paul
>
Best regards,
-Vlad
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