On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:22 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > On 12 Nov 2014 at 11:14:50, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) ([email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])) wrote: > > > The thing is that if we do it with CSS, we just apply a rule in the skin > > and automatically we have all the translations fixed. > > But our goal is not to capitalize all translations! It’s only to > capitalize some (labels, column labels, titles, etc). > > > With your solution we > > would need to 'deprecate' lots of translations and just use the new > format. > > Is a lengthy process. > > No we don’t deprecate anything, we just need to fix some translations. > > > If we do it from Translations, yes we can apply it just for one language, > > thing we cannot do with CSS, which applies the change globally. > > It’s definitely -1 to for all languages since again each language has > different capitalization rules. > > > The problem with changing just English is that according to Emanuel, all > > the other languages will look 'less professional’. > > That’s one of the worst possible reason I’ve ever heard ;) > > > Just for the record, in Colibri labels and buttons were uppercase. > > What? You mean someone changed the “Add comment” label translation (for > example) from “Add Comment” to “Add comment” when we switched to Flamingo? > Are you really sure? > I'm not saying someone changed something. I'm just saying that for many years we had 'ADD' or 'LOOK & FEEL' keys, were we used uppercase. Flamingo doesn't have this and this is why we observe now the capitalization problem. One solution would be to put back the uppercase rule from Colibri. It's just a though. Thanks, Caty > Thanks > -Vincent > > > Thanks, > > Caty > > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:03 PM, [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Caty, > > > > > > > > > On 12 Nov 2014 at 10:58:36, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) ( > [email protected] > > > (mailto:[email protected])) wrote: > > > > > > > Should we do the capitalization from CSS or also when writing the > > > > Translations? > > > > > > > > I would like it to be through CSS. This way if someone doesn't like > it, > > > can > > > > create a custom skin and reset it: initial, uppercase, etc. Also note > > > that > > > > certain languages (german for example) have meaning problems > capitalizing > > > > all the words. > > > > > > > > In your example: > > > > * “Reset to default” —> “Reset to Default” > > > > this cannot be done with CSS. We either capitalize all the words or > none, > > > > we cannot skip one. > > > > > > I’d be -1 for CSS since: > > > > > > * extra CPU work not required > > > * doesn’t work as you mentioned for “Reset to Default" > > > * it’s not something optional that the user should be allowed to > change! > > > If they really want they’ll just need to override the translations > (similar > > > use case than if they wish to change some wording) > > > > > > Note that the rule I’m proposing is *ONLY* for English. I’m not > proposing > > > anything for other languages (each language has its own rules regarding > > > Capitalization). > > > > > > Thanks > > > -Vincent > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Caty > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Manuel Smeria wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > Here's my +1. > > > > > > > > > > I always thought capitalized buttons look more professional :) > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Manuel > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:21 AM, [email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi devs, > > > > > > > > > > > > Andrea created an issue about capitalizing button labels ( > > > > > > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11265) and I think it’s a > good > > > idea > > > > > > that we decide some rules about capitalization indeed. > > > > > > > > > > > > I’ve found this document from MSDN: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb246428(v=vs.85).aspx > > > > > > > > > > > > I propose to adopt this document’s content as our rule for > > > Capitalization > > > > > > and to document that in our dev best practices on dev.xwiki.org. > > > > > > > > > > > > Example of labels: > > > > > > * “Add comment” —> “Add Comment” > > > > > > * “Reset to default” —> “Reset to Default” > > > > > > > > > > > > WDYT? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > -Vincent > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
