33359 - "stored messages" should be "mails"

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: Startup & Profiles, defect, P3)

Description

[Henrik Gemal]

If you start the Create Profile the text says:
"...bookmarks, and stored messages in..."

Shouldn't that be "...bookmarks, and mails in..."?

I never hear the term "stored messages"!

All user understand the term "mails", but I dont think they know what "stored 
messages" is...:)

Comment 1

[Henrik Gemal]

This is on Page 1 of 2.
On page 2 it says "...bookmarks and mail..."
Those two should be consistent

Comment 2

[Henrik Gemal]

In the Select User Profile dialog it's being described as:
"...bookmarks, saved messages and other user items..."

Again not consistent! Suddenly it says something about "other user items".

Comment 3

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

In some countries, where otherwise there is no problem using English-US locale, 
`mails' sounds like some weird foreign slang. And of course, some of the messages 
might be Usenet messages, in which case they're not `mails'.

I'd go for `locally stored messages' (as distinct from IMAP messages, for 
example).

Comment 4

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

how about 'mail'? I have an IMAP mail account, and I want to know that my mail 
is still being stored in a distinct fashion from other profiles ;) 

"bookmarks, settings and mail in..."

Comment 5

[Henrik Gemal]

I like that. I never liked the "stored messages". Most users are familiar with 
the term mail.

Comment 6

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

fixed. 

Comment 7

[verah (gone)]

Hello all... please, another reminder. I am responsible for UI text, so copy me 
on any proposed corrections. They need my approval before being done. Bugs 
against the UI text should be assigned to me.

I will re-check the Profile Manager dialogs and make any changes that I deem 
*necessary* later in the project, when we're doing our final UI text cleanup.

(P.S. English has no word "mails" -- the word "mail" is already plural. "My 
mail" refers to whatever is in your mailbox, whether it is one or many messages. 
"stored messages" is perfectly correct and understandable to an English-speaking 
user.)

Comment 8

[don]

M18.

Comment 9

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

fixed (again)

if anyone reopens I'll kill them :P

Comment 10

[Grace Bush]

build 2000051609