On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Matthew Revell <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm reading through the Bazaar versus Git discussion that the Drupal > community are having [1]. > > There are some interesting comments and I recommend you read as much > as you have time for. Several stuck with me and I'd like us to talk > about one in particular: >
Thanks for sending this through Matt. I think this is a really helpful avenue of attack on our broader user experience issues. ... > The terminology we use in Launchpad has always struck me as one of our > biggest barriers for newcomers. I understand why we have some unusual > terminology: in some cases, we're dealing with concepts that don't > crop elsewhere or, at the least, aren't adequately described > elsewhere. > > Even though we may have good reasons for some of our unusual terms, I > think they're a problem nonetheless. Should we consider changing some > of the less obvious terms? Or is there something we can do to make our > terminology and concepts instantly understandable to someone using > Launchpad for the first time? > We should definitely consider it, and even do it! What's next? What do you think are the terms we need to start thinking about? jml _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
