You know, I live now for 40 1/2 years in the English speaking world, and I ONLY speak English when at home. I do think that I have mastered the language, even technical language, fairly well. As a matter of fact, there are technical terms that I do not know in my native language, since I never learned them or ran into them when young. But, you know, "Issue Tracking Query" still gives me a bit of the creeps to this very day...
P.S. Hold your horses, I do know what it means, or I certainly will find out... And, amazingly enough, when counting in my head, I still do this in the first language. Most second language speakers seem to do that. Scientific papers have been written about it. "Ross Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 20:44 +0100, Henrik Sundberg wrote: : > 2006/3/18, Rod Engelsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: : > > You're on! Here's my constructive criticism for IZ: : > > : > > 1. I used to know how to get to it, but since the site has been : > > redesigned it takes me far too long to find it. The layout and : > > navigation of the site is really poor. : > > : > > Suggestion: Have a link to IZ from the Home page. Maybe under a section : > > entitled "Get Involved". Test the design with "people from the street". : > > That's what professional web site designers do. : > : > I'm surprised that pressing "New User & General Info" is considered : > unintuitive. "Report a Bug" on the next screen can not be : > misunderstood in my opinion. : : Remember ... by this time the user is probably frustrated, impatient, : desperate, or exhausted, and is looking for something familiar, : reassuring, and close to hand. : : For any application web site, the path I look for if I have a problem, : is "Support" -> "Knowledge Base/Known Problems" -> "Query/Report an : issue". The closest I can see to this is "Support" -> "User FAQ" -> : "Issue Tracking Query". Not too bad, but there is too much undergrowth : along the path, and it's too easy to miss it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
