2012/7/11 Jeremy Bicha <jbi...@ubuntu.com> > On 10 July 2012 04:49, Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumole...@zonnet.nl> > wrote: > > As a member of the ubuntu manual team I started a discussion on how we > > should call this "thing" at the top of our screen. > > As a translator of the official Ubuntu documentation (yelp) I noticed > that > > the word "panel" had been changed to "menu bar" in the Precise version. > > I would like to discuss this with people from ubuntu-translators and > > ubuntu-docs as well. > > Let me know what you think. > > The official Ubuntu term is "menu bar". Besides the official Ubuntu > documentation, this can be found in multiple places in System Settings > such as "Show battery status in the menu bar". > > The GNOME documentation calls the similar space in GNOME Shell "top bar". > > Personally, I like the "menu bar" name as the top of the screen > includes application menus, application status menus, and system > status menus. The only part that isn't a menu is the window management > buttons (close, minimize, maximize) and the app title. > > Thanks for asking as clear and consistent word choices are important! > > Jeremy > > Hello, I think the "top" word is useful/necessary, because new users may see 2 possible "menu bars": one on the top and one on the left.
Regards Yann
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