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Maybe the translators' jobs would be easier if we avoided jargon in our user interfaces. Are there any jargon words or phrases that are common in UIs that we co
by mwcampbell 12y ago
Maybe the translators' jobs would be easier if we avoided jargon in our user interfaces. Are there any jargon words or phrases that are common in UIs that we could do just as well without?
- gdwatson 12y agoWas it Joel who wrote a piece on the old Windows wizard for indexing a help file? It asked a question in a jargon-free way, with the result that neither the novice nor the expert understood what it was asking. In that case the clear solution was to stop asking the question, and later versions of Windows did so. When communicating information it's important to give enough detail to act on it; otherwise why bring it up?