Hello!
Stephan Sokolow has written on Saturday, 9 November, at 8:31:
>On 13-11-09 07:42 AM, Andrej N. Gritsenko wrote:
>> Well, due to difference between web browser and file manager the term
>> "address" isn't relevant but "folder" is so I will set the phrase "Go to
>> the folder in the location bar" then. Is that correct? Isn't "from" a bit
>> better than "in" there?
>Calling "/home/ssokolow/Desktop" a folder feels awkward at best. It's a
>textual description of the folder's location, not the abstract object
>itself. (In the same way that your mailing address and your house aren't
>the same thing.)
>Since the accepted term for a filesystem object's "address" is "path",
>how about "Go to the path in the location bar"?
Sounds good enough. Let it be that then.
>As for "from", you need to refer to where the path is at the moment the
>user is reading the tooltip. That's the main reason you use "in": "from"
>indicates source/origin, not current location.
Well, I meant it is source for the change but it seems not so obvious
so let it be "in". It was a question what is better, anyway. :)
Thank you very much.
Andriy.
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