Re: Properties dialogue/pane

From: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Properties dialogue/pane
Date: 2003-07-17 19:31:47
Message-ID: 3F16F9A3.3020501@pse-consulting.de
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Dave Page wrote:

>It's rumoured that Andreas Pflug once said:
>
>
>>Brage Førland wrote:
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>>>Just som minor comments on the english messages in the properties
>>>dialogue/pane:
>>>
>>>The columns belonging to a foreign key are named 'Child columns' in the
>>>properties pane. Any reason they are not just called 'Columns'?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>and the property dialog calls it "local column"....
>>When working with design tools, I always wondered which column is on
>>which side of the reference. I want the namings to clearly indicate
>>this, so how should we name that beast?
>>
>>
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>[Local] Columns -> Referenced Columns
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>
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>>>The 'Create operator' dialogue has a tab with the rather awkward name
>>>'Properties 2'. Wouldn't something more describing, like 'Advanced
>>>properties', be better?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>It's not advanced, just continuing from "Properties", but "Properties
>>2" is ugly, I admit. Maybe "Implementation"?
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>We settled on Properties 2 in pga2. There seemed little else that was
>acurate despite it sounding crap.
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>>The Evolution Of The English Language, as seen from germany... :-)
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>>Next commit will have even better english :-)
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>>
>
>I only wish my German were as good...
>
Practice it :-)

Regards,
Andreas

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