Proofreading

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
I think all of us so far have agreed to use "applications" instead of
"apps".  Alberto and i swapped places a bit wrt the importance of this but
it seems like we kinda agree about preferring "applications" too.

However just because people here have agreed doesn't affect people who are
not in the team and just pop in to do quick edits.  Also if any of us are
in a hurry then we might accidentally use the shorter name and intend to
come back to correct it later.  So anyone correcting such accidental uses
in the future will be doing us all a bit of a favour.
Regards from
Tom :)



On 27 February 2015 at 10:19, Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl>
wrote:

> Op 26-02-15 om 18:06 schreef Kevin Godby:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn
>> <lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl> wrote:
>>
>>> Having read all your reactions I also want to give my opinion on this. I
>>> agree with Stephen that there is a difference between applications (any
>>> program on our desktop/laptop) and apps (small programs written for
>>> smartphones and tablets). It is a pity that people start using these
>>> words
>>> interchangeably, it impoverishes a language.
>>> Since the Ubuntu documentation is written for desktop users, I personally
>>> would prefer to only use the word "application". But if the team think
>>> it is
>>> ok to use both words interchangeably, I will not insist.
>>>
>> I'd suggest using 'applications' as 'apps' started out as an informal
>> term. If, however, 'apps' is used in the UI, then you should use it so
>> the documentation and UI matches.
>>
>> —Kevin
>>
>>  Ok, I did some testing. I entered the word "application" in the gui
> module "Unity", see [1]. There were 10 results, e.g.
> Do you want to force the application to exit
> Key to start the Launcher Application Switcher
> Scroll Inactive Icon to Focus Application
> So, this is also a good argument to go for the word "Application" in
> Ubuntu docs.
> I also disagree with Alberto's statement "It just doesn't matter". To me
> it matters and I hope to other team members too.
> So, my final question is: should I change the word app to application
> wherever I find it in Vivid?
> Hannie
>
> [1] https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/vivid/+
> source/unity/+pots/unity/nl/+translate?batch=10&show=all&
> search=application
>
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