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Note that in Snow Leopard, OS X has switched to using "Compress" instead of "Create Archive". On the face of it, this seems like the best term to me, since "archive" also has backup-related connotations that don't (necessarily) imply that any compre…
Ivanka, why does your mockup include the rather ungrammatical "delete to trash" ?
I would say that because Windows uses "zip" as well as this being the first file format I heard of that's the one I'm personally most comfortable with. That being said, zip does tend to mean to "compress" at least in my experience. Once I became mor…
@Josian : AFAIK, Apple does not use Compress, but Create archive... E.g. : http://images.apple.com/pro/tips/images/zip.jpg
Thank you both! About to update mock-up and post for new test.
Hi Ivanka, I just ran a quick 'what would you expect' straw poll against the terms zip, archive, compress. All partcipants we're confident computer users: roughly 75% Windows, 25% Mac. A quick summary of the findings.
Quick breakdown:
Zip - all pa…
Not that Macs do everything right, but Compress is the word used in a mac context and decompressing it is simply done by double clicking on it. I find this pretty comfortable.
As part of the 100 paper cuts project that we are running for the next Ubuntu release we are focussing on small usability problems that, if fixed, will make the Ubuntu desktop experience feel smoother, safer, better.
The developers are helping us f…
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Zip, archive, package or compress? Help!
As part of the 100 paper cuts project that we are running for the next Ubuntu release we are focussing on small usability problems that, if fixed, will make the Ubuntu desktop experience feel smoother, safer, better.
The developers are helping us fix them but we could do with usability and design input to help suggest the fixes.
Here is an example:
The developers are helping us fix them but we could do with usability and design input to help suggest the fixes.
Here is an example:
A new user thinks "I need to create a zip file", and doesn'… Continue
Posted on June 19, 2009 at 2:29pm — 7 Comments
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