[chromium-dev] Re: Verdict: Menu string casing

2009-09-16 Thread Evan Martin
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Ben Goodger (Google) b...@chromium.org wrote: We will not duplicate strings for any other reason unless they refer to a concept that does not exist on the relevant platform. The idea is that we should have a single set of string content (independent of casing)

[chromium-dev] Re: Verdict: Menu string casing

2009-09-16 Thread Nico Weber
Hi Ben, We will not duplicate strings for any other reason unless they refer to a concept that does not exist on the relevant platform. The idea is that we should have a single set of string content (independent of casing) that documentation can refer to. at least in non-english languages,

[chromium-dev] Re: Verdict: Menu string casing

2009-09-16 Thread Mike Pinkerton
That's what ben meant by concepts that do not exist for the relevant platform. There are no preferences on windows or options on Mac. That's the one area where we will diverge. However, a menu item like Next Tab should be changed globally to Select Next Tab on all platforms, not just

[chromium-dev] Re: Verdict: Menu string casing

2009-09-16 Thread Ben Goodger (Google)
Preferences vs Options is one such exception. Quit vs. Exit is another. Let me know if there are others. -Ben On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Evan Martin e...@chromium.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Ben Goodger (Google) b...@chromium.org wrote: We will not duplicate strings for

[chromium-dev] Re: Verdict: Menu string casing

2009-09-16 Thread krtulmay
Sentence case is terrible. Can't understand why Vista HIG would choose that. After all, why use Sentence case on all these things that are *not* sentences? Definitely should use Title Case, even for Windows. After all, they are titles! On Sep 16, 1:27 pm, Ben Goodger (Google)

[chromium-dev] Re: Verdict: Menu string casing

2009-09-16 Thread Peter Kasting
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:30 PM, krtulmay krtul...@gmail.com wrote: Sentence case is terrible. Can't understand why Vista HIG would choose that. After all, why use Sentence case on all these things that are *not* sentences? Definitely should use Title Case, even for Windows. After all,

[chromium-dev] Re: Verdict: Menu string casing

2009-09-16 Thread Antoine Labour
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:30 PM, krtulmay krtul...@gmail.com wrote: Sentence case is terrible. Can't understand why Vista HIG would choose that. After all, why use Sentence case on all these things that are *not* sentences? Definitely should use Title Case, even for Windows. After all,

[chromium-dev] Re: Verdict: Menu string casing

2009-09-16 Thread Evan Stade
Title Case is terrible. Can't understand why Mac would choose that. After all, why use Title Case on all things that are *not* titles ? Definitely should use Sentence case, even for Mac. After all they are sentences ! Personally I find Tile Case unreadable and I despise it. Then again I'm

[chromium-dev] Re: Verdict: Menu string casing

2009-09-16 Thread Nico Weber
Title Case is terrible. Can't understand why Mac would choose that. After all, why use Title Case on all things that are *not* titles ? Definitely should use Sentence case, even for Mac. After all they are sentences ! Personally I find Tile Case unreadable and I despise it. +1. We should