On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: [...]
> > Yes, they often don't. But have to assume they do and plan our UI > > around that assumption. Otherwise we'd have no messages at all, and > > probably no user documentation either. > > ... > > That's a long-term goal to work towards: alerts replaced by bug fixes > and better design, and "user documentation" replaced by helpful help > and better design. > But that's not the issue here. The issue is, given that there is an > error alert, which alert text is better: I agree with your sentiment but ... > "Nautilus could not open the > file because the filetype is unknown", or > "&operatingsystem; cannot play MP3 files, because some countries allow > software patents and Free Software cannot pay patent licenses". ... there are so many things wrong with that second sentence I will not criticize it other than to say I hope you will retract it, or rephrase it. -- Alan H. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
