Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > Specific suggestions: > * "In order to" can almost always be shortened to "to". > * "Activate the changes" could be more specific: "use the new default > language". > * "Restart your session" could be confused with restarting the computer, so > it's probably better to refer just to logging out instead. But I assume the > new language will apply even if someone *else* ends up logging in, so it's > logging out that's the relevant action. > * "Login" and "logout" are nouns; the verbs are "log in" and "log out". "Re-" > doesn't work for compound words, therefore you would use "log in again" > instead. > * "At your earliest convenience" is unnecessary: all that you need to > communicate is when the language change will take effect. Whether it's urgent > enough for the person to want to switch at their earliest convenience is > something you can't know. > > Combined suggestion: > "The new default language will take effect once you have logged out."
As this also applies to the "Complex Character input" checkbox, as well as installing / removing input-method packages, it should be more general. How about: "The new language settings will take effect once you have logged out." > Better suggestion: Don't put that sentence in an alert at all. (The only > reason I accepted the alert in the first place was that I assumed it > would contain a restart button.) Instead, put it in small print under > the "Default language" menu, whenever the selected value has not yet > been applied. > Hmm... I just implemented it to use update-notifier to display the message... I'm afraid the small print, which is only visible whenever the selected value has not yet been applied, might be overlooked too easily. Would this be acceptable, too? -- Restart-required alert is jargon-filled and doesn't let you restart https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260380 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
