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Subject:Re: Unset? Can that be a verb? From:Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM> To:techwr-l List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:43:02 +1100
On 26/02/10 11:56 AM, jennysubs -at- mac -dot- com wrote:
> I am documenting some software that has a right-click menu item: Set as Default Configuration.
>
> Once you've set it, the menu changes to: Unset as Default Configuration.
>
> That just seems wrong to me. The only definitions I can find for the word (other than as a programming term) are adjectives:
>
> not mounted (an unset gem)
> not hardened (unset cement)
>
> I might be able to get this changed if I can come up with a better idea. I don't think they're going to want to make the menu show all possible configurations, which is what makes sense to me.
>
> Remove as Default Configuration?
>
I'd try to avoid changing the label depending
on the setting. Can the interface be changed so
that the name of the menu option becomes a toggle
named just "Default Configuration"? A checkmark
could appear next to the term if it is set as the
default and either nothing or an X next to the
term if it is not selected. I know OpenOffice
uses this convention.
-- Janice
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