Howard M. Stark wrote:
> Having started this let me end it. The way resolving is used is a bit
> unusual, "looking up" would be better usage and more accurate. In any
> case it is more user friendly to use the vocabulary of the user rather
> than the designer.
>
> This is not worth more discussion.
>
> Thanks
>
> Howie
>
> Mama Cass Elliot wrote:
>
>> In netscape.public.mozilla.general the people heard Christian Mattar say
>> these wise words:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Mama Cass Elliot wrote:
>>>
>>>> In netscape.public.mozilla.general the people heard DeMoN_LaG say
>>>> these wise words:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Resolving host means looking up the address.
>>>>>
>>>> Then why don't we simply call the process of looking up the IP number
>>>> "Searching DNS for IP number" instead of "resolving host"? This will
>>>> mean so very much more to ordinary people - ya know, the non-sysadmin
>>>> types.
>>>
>>> Sure... like so much more people know about DNS and IPs than about
>>> resolving... :-)
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, but this would help people to know about these things.
>>
>> "Resolving Host" means nothing; but a plain english sentence that says
>> accurately what Mozilla is doing would help people to understand the
>> realities of the internet.
>>
>>
>> seeya - wouldn't wanna be ya.
>>
>> Mama Cass
>>
>>
>
>
So, why put anything at all in the status bar and just let the progress
bar widget do its thing. You either confuse some of the people some of
the time or all of the people half the time by putting anything
whatsoever in the status bar location.
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