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Re: language chooser clarity report



On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 11:19:54PM -0800, David Kimdon wrote:
> Maybe this will clear it up:
> 
> Index: english.src
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/langs/english.src,v
> retrieving revision 1.8
> diff -u -r1.8 english.src
> --- english.src	2002/02/28 15:49:25	1.8
> +++ english.src	2002/03/01 07:20:28
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  <language default="yes" name="English" charset="iso-8859-1" font="LatArCyrHeb-16" acm="iso01">
>      <name>English</name>
> -    <hint>en - You have chosen English.  Press Enter to proceed</hint>
> +    <hint>en - Press Enter here to proceed in English.</hint>
>      <list>
>          <name>Choose Language Variant</name>
> 
> Admittedly the old way it says 'you have chosen English' even if you
> haven't.
> 
> Seconds?

Your version is better, but still sounds odd.  It seems to
instruct the user to press the word Enter on the screen.  How
about the following instead?

 en - Select this item and press Enter to proceed in English.

Matt

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