> Hey, welcome back. Thanks, Rainer. It's good to be back. I've hit the ground running with two new projects. There's nothing like coming back from vacation with more work. :-)
I just have a couple of comments. I've snipped the rest. Have a great weekend! Alysson > > [AT] I bet you're right that those who originally > > defined the term weren't thinking of translation or > > nonnative English folks. It seems like "PC" has been > > a big deal the past few years. Some user interface > > designers at Sun are no longer using "disabled" as in > > "disabled button." > > Yoiks! The whole PC thing is going a bit too far, becoming like "newspeak". I > could go on a rant, but I'll bite my tongue, here. I wonder if we should add > something to help translators and non-newspeak readers. Problem is, anything > I can think of at the moment is either non-PC, or just sounds dumb (like "low > vision or optics issues"). :-/ [AT] I know what you mean about the PC thing. I think your point about adding something is valid. I can't think of anything workable either, but I'll keep my mind open to possibilities. Maybe something will come to me at 2 in the morning. :-) > Re: proofing index: > > [AT] Great idea. Thanks. It would be helpful to have > > other eyes review the index. Do you think folks would > > want to see the entire guide with the index or just > > the entire index? I could provide just the index by > > itself. > > Hmm. I'm guessing some (most?) people would want the whole thing. That would > let them do spot-checks for accuracy as well as the standard layout, > cleanliness, etc. Without the rest of the guide, the index item page numbers > could come from a random number generator. ;-) [AT] Yeah, I think you're right. The whole-book index review will need to be one of the last tasks we do. With the tool I'm using, change-tracking can be quirky in the index. For example, an index entry can look wrong even when it's not. So, I'll need to be at the point of accepting all the changes. In that case, reviewers would need to look at the entire index, not just the changes. Do you think that'll work? This message posted from opensolaris.org
