On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Robert Hailey <rob...@freenetproject.org> wrote: > Yea, but Matthew's language has a more technically-accurate flavor (as > "your node" implies the distributed nature of freenet, whereas > "freenet is downloading" makes it sound like a monolithic entity).
Technically accurate flavor is secondary to making newbies feel comfortable. Newbies are made comfortable by using plain English, and avoiding terms of art. Here is a good resource on examples of jargon versus plain English: http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/examples/before_and_after.html Ian. -- Ian Clarke CEO, Uprizer Labs Email: i...@uprizer.com Ph: +1 512 422 3588 Fax: +1 512 276 6674 _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
