From: Miles Bader <snogglethorpe@gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com,
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: File menu changes (suggestions)
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:41:31 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fc339e4a0506270241d43e788@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ufyv4tawk.fsf@jasonrumney.net>
On 6/27/05, Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> wrote:
> > But it doesn't do the opposite of split-window...
>
> That's a rather pedantic definition of opposite
No it's not (are you serious?). "Unsplit window" vaguely implies that
it simply undoes a previous split-window, leaving other windows alone
-- but it doesn't do that, it removes all other windows. The lack of
symmetry is not subtle.
> and dwelling on such
> pedantry when choosing menu names results in confusion for less
> experienced users, because you're removing helpful associations
> between menu entries in return for absolute correctness.
... and dwelling on "symmetry" when it conflicts with clarity is also
counter-productive. In many cases there is no perfect name that will
help all people form all the right associations; all we can do is try
to consider all the factors, and come up with something that results
in a minimum of confusion.
-miles
--
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-27 9:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 96+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-19 23:25 File menu changes (suggestions) Drew Adams
2005-06-20 4:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-20 7:03 ` David Kastrup
2005-06-20 16:53 ` Drew Adams
2005-06-20 20:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-20 20:48 ` Drew Adams
2005-06-21 2:01 ` Richard Stallman
2005-06-21 7:59 ` Mathias Dahl
2005-06-21 9:19 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-26 4:46 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-06-26 5:29 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-06-26 22:42 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-06-26 22:52 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-06-26 23:13 ` Drew Adams
2005-06-27 7:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-27 7:37 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-06-27 9:25 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-27 13:29 ` David Kastrup
2005-06-28 4:16 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-06-26 18:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-26 18:00 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-06-26 19:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-26 18:20 ` Drew Adams
2005-06-26 19:41 ` John S. Yates, Jr.
[not found] ` <42BF0E53.2020505@student.lu.se>
2005-06-27 12:51 ` John S. Yates, Jr.
2005-06-27 13:31 ` David Kastrup
2005-06-27 17:47 ` Robert J. Chassell
2005-06-28 1:57 ` John S. Yates, Jr.
2005-06-27 13:24 ` David Kastrup
2005-06-27 16:18 ` Drew Adams
2005-06-27 18:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-27 18:13 ` Drew Adams
2005-06-27 22:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-27 22:33 ` Drew Adams
2005-06-28 4:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-28 6:36 ` David Kastrup
2005-06-26 18:30 ` Jason Rumney
2005-06-27 2:06 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-27 7:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-27 6:31 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-27 13:26 ` David Kastrup
2005-06-27 18:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-27 9:19 ` Jason Rumney
2005-06-27 9:41 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2005-06-27 18:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-27 20:05 ` David Kastrup
2005-06-27 20:47 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-06-27 21:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-27 5:38 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-06-27 7:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-27 11:40 ` John S. Yates, Jr.
2005-06-27 13:26 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-06-27 18:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <42C044F3.60606@student.lu.se>
[not found] ` <uzmtbeam9.fsf@gnu.org>
2005-06-27 21:06 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-06-28 18:46 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-06-28 18:54 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-06-29 16:05 ` Sticks! (was: File menu changes (suggestions)) Drew Adams
2005-06-28 4:17 ` File menu changes (suggestions) Richard M. Stallman
2005-06-28 6:39 ` David Kastrup
2005-06-28 5:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-06-28 7:17 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-06-28 10:05 ` John S. Yates, Jr.
2005-06-30 21:30 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-06-30 22:15 ` Miles Bader
2005-07-01 22:45 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-07-02 2:32 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-28 15:28 ` Drew Adams
2005-06-28 16:01 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-06-28 19:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-28 21:36 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-28 22:00 ` David Kastrup
2005-06-30 7:40 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-29 3:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-06-29 4:45 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-29 18:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-29 23:46 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-30 1:44 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-06-30 5:38 ` David Kastrup
2005-06-29 20:43 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-07-01 1:45 ` public
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-06-21 15:51 File menu changes (suggestions) / Options menu David Reitter
2005-06-22 12:32 ` File menu changes (suggestions) John S. Yates, Jr.
2005-06-23 0:46 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-23 2:26 ` John S. Yates, Jr.
2005-06-23 2:31 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-23 11:18 ` John S. Yates, Jr.
2005-06-23 11:39 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-24 5:36 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-06-25 1:24 ` John S. Yates, Jr.
2005-06-25 16:40 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-06-24 10:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-26 19:04 David Reitter
2005-06-27 5:37 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-06-27 8:04 LENNART BORGMAN
2005-06-27 9:24 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-27 20:01 ` Johan Bockgård
2005-06-30 8:53 LENNART BORGMAN
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