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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…
September 15, 2009
Ivanka, why does your mockup include the rather ungrammatical "delete to trash" ?
June 28, 2009
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…
June 27, 2009
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June 24, 2009
@Josian : AFAIK, Apple does not use Compress, but Create archive... E.g. : http://images.apple.com/pro/tips/images/zip.jpg
June 24, 2009
Thank you both! About to update mock-up and post for new test.
June 23, 2009
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…
June 22, 2009
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.
June 22, 2009
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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:
A new user thinks "I need to create a zip file", and doesn'
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Posted on June 19, 2009 at 2:29pm — 7 Comments

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