On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 05:06:32PM -0400, bulia byak wrote:
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 12:47:15 -0800, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...260...> wrote:
One comment about terminology:
o For the gradient(s) of selected object(s), you can chooseone of the gradient definitions in the document from the drop-down list in the controls bar. The Fork button creates a copy of the
From a PR perspective, 'fork' could be an uncomfortable term for people still sensitive to our split from Sodipodi, and seeing it in the toolbar may be seen by some as salt in old wounds...
Yeah, I thought about these:
Twin: a bit obscure?
Fork: maybe less obscure, but has some connotations :)
Copy: misleading because it may imply copying to the clipboard
Duplicate: maybe OK but rather long for a button label.
Any comments?
I also was not able to come up with a good term. Copy and Duplicate sprang to mind but I agree with your assessment. I also thought of:
Clone: Possibly confused with other existing clone feature
Split: Nonintuitive
Branch: Obscure
Divide: Nondescriptive
Duplicate sounds like the most accurate description, but you're right that it's long. But what about making a toolbar icon for it, and then used "Duplicate gradient" as the tooltip?
Bryce