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On Thursday, November 8, 2001, at 06:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> On Thursday, November 8, 2001, at 04:47 PM, Erik Smartt wrote:
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>> Does anyone else ever mix up Buddy Name and Buddy Alias when added a
>> Buddy (ie., the Buddy Editor)? I do it all the time, and I've seen
>> other's have trouble with it too. It seems obvious, the Buddy Name
>> would be the person's name, and the Buddy Alias would be the alias
>> they go by online.... of course, this interpretation is backwards, and
>> hence causes the mistakes I'm referring to.
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> Actually, the other way makes sense to me. Buddy Name is their user
> name. Buddy Alias is something else that they are also known by.
> Plus, "alias" plays off of the HFS concept of same name -- it's not the
> real thing, but something else you can call it.
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>> I'm not sure what to change the labels to (only usability testing
>> could tell for sure), but on my install, I changed them to "Real Name"
>> and "Screen Name" so I could keep them clear.
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> You do have a valid point, though. "Screen Name" and "Real Name" are
> definitely clearer, barring any usability testing that indicates
> otherwise.
I think it's worthwhile noting that ICQ doesn't use "Screen Name."
Instead, it uses UIN. IRC technically uses Nickname or Nick, so those
don't quite work. I do agree that there is a problem, but I'm not sure
of a really great way to fix it. This is definitely a step in the right
direction though.
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