Closed
Bug 561556
Opened 14 years ago
Closed 14 years ago
Decide on unique name for new quick filter bar (proposal: "QuickFilter bar") and fix tooltip strings etc. accordingly
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Search, defect)
Thunderbird
Search
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
WONTFIX
People
(Reporter: thomas8, Unassigned)
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Details
We should decide on a unique name for the new quick filter bar. STR - you want to refer to the new quick filter bar Actual result - current name is "Quick filter bar" - many people will read this as "a filter bar", and "it's quick" - many people will not recognize this as a fixed expression that we want to use for THE QuickFilter bar, where QuickFilter is logically ONE entity to refer to the new feature Expeced result - I think we'd better use "QuickFilter bar" (without space) - we'd thus use a common pattern for branding: make a term unique by dropping the space between words - in the long run, we are making it easier for people to un-ambigously refer to this feature or UI element, potentially avoiding confusion with other types of filtering. Iow, we're doing ourselves a favour in terms of efficient support, bug filing etc. Next Steps If we decide for "QuickFilter", we'll have to change respective strings: - in the application (e.g. the tooltip of the QuickFilter tab toggle) - in the release notes - in other kinds of documentation and press releases Bryan, what do you think?
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Updated•14 years ago
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Comment 1•14 years ago
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CC'ing Bryan for feedback on comment 0: use "QuickFilter" (without space) as the name for the new feature. Here's a site that's already using the term "QuickFilter" (although their description is poor): http://www.macnews.de/news/18950/quickfilter-neue-suchfunktion-fur-thunderbird/ The irony of using "Quick Filter" is that it actually sounds a bit slow and clumsy because it's two words. IMO, QuickFilter sounds "speedier".
Comment 2•14 years ago
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Thanks for raising this issue. I think there are valid reasons to choose either "Quick Filter" or "QuickFilter". To me when you combine the terms into QuickFilter it seems more of a new brand than an action/label. We were actually advised by marketing to remove the "Quick Filter" label altogether to avoid creating a brand within the Thunderbird brand; something we didn't do. So I need to avoid taking that one step even further. I'm going to mark this wontfix as it is late in the cycle to make a string change and I would especially need the backing and support of marketing to make this late l10n change.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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