[Users] Bug candidate - Trash button has an incorrect name (at least in Spanish translation)

KA soldes at gmx.fr
Sun Jan 10 18:41:17 CET 2016


Hi Brad,
I disagree with you when you say :

> If people can figure out what the implication is for most buttons, why
> not all?  Why single out the Trash button? 

Because there is a trash icon folder on the left pane ... moreover with the same icon (if we consider the default buttons).
That is the difference ;-)

Rgds,
KA

----------Original Message----------
El Sun, 10 Jan 2016 17:25:26 +0000
Brad Rogers <brad at fineby.me.uk> escribió:

> On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 17:00:18 +0100
> Ralf Hutter <rhutter at posteo.de> wrote:
> 
> Hello Ralf,
> 
> >It would make sense to call that button "Move to Trash" in order to
> >indicate an action that is applied to the current message. That would
> >avoid misunderstandings.
> 
> Most of the buttons in the toolbar imply some sort of action:
> 
> (move to) Next (message)
> (move to) Spam
> (move to) Wastebin
> Forward (message to...)
> (reply to) Sender
> 
> and so on.
> 
> If people can figure out what the implication is for most buttons, why
> not all?  Why single out the Trash button?  Let's face it, 99% of the
> people that use CM are quite intelligent and fairly adept at figuring
> things out.
> 
> Perhaps adding an arrow (as per Reply, All, Sender, Get Mail & Forward
> buttons) *may* be helpful, to connote an action.  I'll concede that it is
> the odd one out in that context.
> 



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