On Oct 20, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Yarko Tymciurak wrote: > "integer" is fine and appropriate, and not at all "techie" - if you > went to grade school in the US, you would understand "integer" > perfectly. I expect the same would be true of any translation of > the same.
I don't have a strong feeling on the question, though I'm not sure that my mother could define 'integer', and she graduated from high school (quite some time ago). FWIW, 'whole number' is perfectly good English (and lower grade level than 'integer'; notice that it's the dictionary definition of 'integer'). More generally, I was looking at the validation error messages, and have some suggestions. I'll generate a patch if you like. Here's the (sorted) list: cannot be empty! input a number between %(min)s and %(max)s input an integer between %(min)s and %(max)s invalid email! invalid expression! invalid expression! invalid filename or extension! invalid image! invalid IPv4 address! invalid length! invalid url! invalid url! invalid url! must be alphanumeric! must be HH:MM:SS! must be YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS! must be YYYY-MM-DD! value already in database! value not allowed! value not in database! Comments: 1. If it were up to me, I'd remove all the exclamation marks; there's no need to be excited about a mis-entry; we're just providing information. 2. IS_LENGTH should perhaps give the use the same range info that the number-range messages do. 3. 'enter a number' rather than 'input a number'. 4. In general, 'enter <something>' is more helpful and friendly than 'invalid <whatever>'. It's not possible in every case, but in many cases we could do it. Example: 'enter a valid email address'. > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:59 PM, mdipierro > <[email protected]> wrote: > > You may be right but to me "whole number" does not sound good. Anyway, > one can use internationalization to fix this. > > I wish like there are "en-en", "en-us", there were "en-us-tech" and > "en-us-non-tech". (Perhaps I should patent this!) > > Massimo > > On Oct 20, 12:38 pm, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Oct 20, 2009, at 10:34 AM, mdipierro wrote: > > > > > > > > > ok. > > > > My intuitive sense is that more users are likely to understand > "whole > > number" than "integer". We all take the meaning of integer for > > granted, but I wonder whether it isn't a little on the technical > side > > for my Aunt Polly. > > > > > > > > > On Oct 20, 12:19 pm, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Oct 20, 2009, at 10:16 AM, mdipierro wrote: > > > > >>> I think "integer number" is the proper way but I am not a native > > >>> english speaker. Any english speaker can help us on this? > > > > >> Here's the (Oxford American) dictionary entry: > > > > >> integer |ˈɪntədʒər| > > >> noun > > >> 1 a whole number; a number that is not a fraction. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
