On 2 Sep 2010, at 22:57, Wouter Bolsterlee wrote: > Imagine a language that requires text both before and after the position > where the widget is supposed to show up. Example to demonstrate the > issue I'm referring to (in English): "Forget this password after > [widget-goes-here] of idle time"
IIRC (although I can't see exactly where right now) the HIG recommends against using such constructs, both for l10n and a11y reasons, and recommends always trying to rearrange things into a more conventional Label: Widget layout. Re-using your example: Idle time after which to forget password: [widget] But you could certainly argue that the resultant wording is often a little more forced, and the resultant layout may still not be possible to replicate in every language anyway. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Interaction Designer Oracle Corporation Ireland Ltd. mailto:calum.ben...@oracle.com Solaris Desktop Team http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Oracle Corp. _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
