On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't have a clue about the rules or guidelines but as a native-English > speaker ... > 1. i agree that "Caution" is less alarming than "Attention" > 2. If something doesn't quite match all the criteria required in an > "Attention" notice then "Caution" is a good fall-back. > > I'm not sure if there is any logical reason for "Attention" being more > alarming. It seems more militaristic (if that is really a word) whereas > "Caution" is somehow softer and friendlier. That could just be my own > opinion though because i can't think of a logical reason.
I don't find "Attention" to be alarming at all and in fact to me it's fairly equivalent to Caution, which I don't find any friendlier. So Tom, it's either a cultural (British vs USAmerican or Australian) word-association thing, or just you. :-) --Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
