The little things: Typos, Wording, ...
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The little things: Typos, Wording, ...
Dear XnView users!
We'd be happy to hear from people who have found bugs in the On-screen texts of XnView, webpage, or Online help.
E.g. shouldn't it rather say "Plug-Ins Information" than "PlugIns Informations"?
The motto is: "The little things make a good product." So if you have found a typo, wrong word or wording, post here or let us know via mail.
Regards,
Pierre / Helmut
We'd be happy to hear from people who have found bugs in the On-screen texts of XnView, webpage, or Online help.
E.g. shouldn't it rather say "Plug-Ins Information" than "PlugIns Informations"?
The motto is: "The little things make a good product." So if you have found a typo, wrong word or wording, post here or let us know via mail.
Regards,
Pierre / Helmut
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*sound correcter to me.
should be "more correct" than "correcter"
As a native American English speaker trying to help non-native English speaking friends improve their English, I've become VERY aware of just how complex and confusing it can be to learn the correct English plurals, forms, sentence structure, etc! I've been learning Bahasa Indonesia, which also has made me become more aware of complexities in English.
For instance :
words that have different meanings and spelling but sound the same when pronouced...such as....
too, two, to
there, they're, their
red & read
This is an area where spellcheckers fail, because they cannot distinguish and select the right word to use. That's why you often see "there" instead of "their" etc!
should be "more correct" than "correcter"
As a native American English speaker trying to help non-native English speaking friends improve their English, I've become VERY aware of just how complex and confusing it can be to learn the correct English plurals, forms, sentence structure, etc! I've been learning Bahasa Indonesia, which also has made me become more aware of complexities in English.
For instance :
words that have different meanings and spelling but sound the same when pronouced...such as....
too, two, to
there, they're, their
red & read
This is an area where spellcheckers fail, because they cannot distinguish and select the right word to use. That's why you often see "there" instead of "their" etc!
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Re: The little things: Typos, Wording, ...
Tools » Options... » General » Keyboard/Mouse » Keyboard/Mouse:
- » Single ESC press to quit XnView
vs. Pressing ESC once quits XnView
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vs. Only when started in fullscreen
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Re: The little things: Typos, Wording, ...
Image » Rotate:
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vs. De-skew...
- » Deskew auto.
vs. Auto de-skew...
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Re: The little things: Typos, Wording, ...
"Deskew" is a funny word, to be sure, but it should have no hypen. An internet search for "de-skew" shows no hits. So please change all occurrences to "deskew."
Also, "Deskew" should not have ... after it. There is no next screen, unless the user doens't select a box.
"Deskew auto." does not need the period. "Auto" is short for "automatic," of course, but it's so common that people don't use a period.
My recommendation for the bottom half of the box is:
Deskew manual
Deskew auto
This puts the name of the action first, and the modifier (type of action) second. It is not perfectly English, but it is very clear.
Also, "Deskew" should not have ... after it. There is no next screen, unless the user doens't select a box.
"Deskew auto." does not need the period. "Auto" is short for "automatic," of course, but it's so common that people don't use a period.
My recommendation for the bottom half of the box is:
Deskew manual
Deskew auto
This puts the name of the action first, and the modifier (type of action) second. It is not perfectly English, but it is very clear.
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Re: The little things: Typos, Wording, ...
Ty wrote:An internet search for "de-skew" shows no hits. So please change all occurrences to "deskew."
Google Fight: de-skew vs. deskew
<!-- Edit
- OmniPage & FineReader: “De-speckle” / “De-skew”.
Déjà-vu: B1: Filter > Deskew or Image > Deskew
Right, I didn't think about that.Ty wrote:Also, "Deskew" should not have ... after it. There is no next screen, unless the user doens't select a box.
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Re: The little things: Typos, Wording, ...
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