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Consistently use 'Capture' verb #196
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Hrrmmmm I haven't pulled this yet but my first couple of thoughts are: Having capture in every label in the UI seems bad. I feel like it's generally not good to be too repetitive, especially when trying to show the differences between options "Capture screenshot of the whole screen" doesn't seem better than "Screenshot the whole screen" Perhaps we should lean towards just using "screenshot" as a verb where it makes sense. Our window menu label could be "Screenshot This Window" and that seems pretty clear without being overly verbose Reading it back, I also feel like both "Grab pointer" and "Capture pointer" are probably less clear than "Include pointer" |
I agree, it would end up being repetitive.
I think it's better to avoid using nouns as verbs when possible, especially when terms like this are not really translatable into other languages. For example "Grab this Window" is translated in italian as "Cattura questa finestra" whereas "Screenshot this Window" can't be translated properly. I mean, we can keep the same translation of course but my concern is that some other new translators (or in other languages) may translate it improperly for example using the slang "Screenshottare" (to take a screenshot) in the italian case.
I also agree that "Include pointer" is better. |
Yeah being repetitive is a problem. But before we were using at least 3 different verbs, so I think we should align on what verb we use in general for taking screenshots and use that consistently. At the same time, we should work to reduce repetitiveness. |
We should probably have the app name in the Actions results anyway, so this should be able to be less redundant. See: elementary/applications-menu#277
Okay I like this more. It's more concise in general and should address what you both brought up. Now I guess, do we like "Capture" or "Take" better? Regarding .desktop action names, see: elementary/applications-menu#277 as I think that will also make this work better, as with other apps. |
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Not in the UX team and I still want to hear from it but is an approval from me 👍🏻
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Left a couple inline comments.
Have you tested that actions still appear when searching for "Screenshot" even if their text doesn't contain that word?
This hasn't moved in a month so I'm gonna kick it to a draft |
Co-authored-by: Daniel Foré <daniel@elementary.io>
@danrabbit couple of comments addressed.
As mentioned in #196 (comment):
Do you consider that a blocker? |
Intends to fix #195. Open to discussion.