Open Bug 323517 Opened 20 years ago Updated 3 years ago

inconsistent terms for fonts: variable width/fixed width vs. proportional/monospace

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Preferences
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: f.g.superman, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5 Build Identifier: version 1.5 (20051201) Inconsistent sets of terms are used for fonts in the UI. "Variable width" and "Fixed width" seem to be used everywhere except in Tools > Options > Display > Fonts > Fonts, where "Proportional" and "Monospace" are used. For a lot of newcomers to TB, the font settings are confusing enough without two sets of terms being used. Please use just one set of terms (whichever is easier for average users to understand) and stick to it throughout the UI. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
Confirming. Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9pre) Gecko/2008040402 Thunderbird/3.0a1pre Bug 159249 proposes removing "Proportional".
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Version: unspecified → Trunk
Assignee: mscott → nobody
Severity: trivial → S4
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