Let me correct this. It's not exactly common for the STANDARD menu names to be used as implicit but integral parts of the meanings of the items.
(Things like "Message > Forward" in Thunderbird are counter-examples to my generalization. This is why I try not to respond to these sorts of things while sleep-deprived. It impairs my memory recall and critical thinking.) There are two reasons it's a problem in this case: 1. The aforementioned problem that people treat standard menu titles as ill-understood categories rather than nouns in the declarative sentence they implicitly build when executing a command. 2. When a user does have a conception of the meaning of the "View" menu's name, they see it as a more abstract, global concept. Saving a global thing locally makes about as much sense as trying to legislate different standards for measured (not emitted) air pollution on adjacent building roofs. Even if you can somehow enforce it, it's not going to be very useful. In the context of a file manager like PCManFM, the best example I can come up with of saving "View (global)" on a "for This Folder" basis is saving the window geometry, fullscreen status, and GTK+ theme on a per-folder basis so that double-clicking a folder can move the window around the screen and make it look like another file manager. (Sort of like MySpace back in the day) Saying something like "Remember Folder View Mode" forces the user to jump to their next interpretation: "Maybe my initial impression of what 'View' means in this context is wrong" (Saying "Folder View" rather than "View Here" also helps because it's easier to recognize that "Folder View" may be a different concept than "View") On 13-12-01 10:47 AM, Stephan Sokolow wrote: > For "View > Save for This Folder", I'm a bit concerned that users may > not always realize that it means "Save View for This Folder". It's not > exactly common to make the menu name an implicit but integral part of > the menu item's name. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list Lxde-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
