r19371 - gnucash/trunk/src/gnome-utils - Bug #556713 - inconsistency in report options (Frank H. Ellenberger)

[Mike Evans]

On Friday July 23 2010 17:21:10 Bernie du Breuil wrote:
> Actually, Reset Defaults is more confusing than Use Defaults.  The 'to' in
> Reset to Defaults does change the meaning of the sentence.
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> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:45:35 +0200
> From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" <f.ellenberger at online.de>
> Subject: Re: r19371 - gnucash/trunk/src/gnome-utils - Bug #556713 -
>     inconsistency in report options
> To: Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be>
> Cc: Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>, gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
> Message-ID: <201007231145.35677.f.ellenberger at online.de>
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> Hi,
> 
> Am Donnerstag, 15. Juli 2010 um 20:44:34 schrieb Geert Janssens:
> > On Thursday 15 July 2010, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > > Isn't this more of a "Reset Defaults", not "Use Defaults"
> > > 
> > > -derek
> > 
> > Yes, I think I like "Reset defaults" better. It aligns better with the
> > tooltip as well.
> 
> Hm, for me as no native english speaker this sounds more like "Reset the
> defaults" (to what?) than "Reset to defaults"
> 
> Frank
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This isn't peculiar to GnuCash, I've come across this in several applications 
and have had to ponder the consequences of clicking the "reset" button.
Mike E

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