2 Replies Latest reply: Dec 2, 2012 8:40 PM by Neil Enns - Adobe RSS

    Deleting, archiving, changing the world ?

    Peter Villevoye CommunityMVP
    Peter Villevoye Dec 1, 2012 9:23 AM

      Dear developers, what are you doing ? In Adobe Creative Cloud (web view) "Deleting" turns out to be a kind of "Archiving" and in Adobe Viewer on iPad (for  Digital Publishing) "Archiving" can mean "Deleting". Are you mad ? I know you want to "change the world", but by all means: try to stick to the basic concepts we already have in our human languages...

       

      Why not just describe what happens, in stead of confusing users and explaining afterwards (in stupid ways) that I should regard the wording in this or that way. In Creative Cloud (web view) use the description: "Move to Trash". And in Adobe Viewer it should read "Delete from device". How simpler can it be ?

       

      (I'll cross-post this as well in the CC forum.)

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        • 1. Re: Deleting, archiving, changing the world ?
          Himanshu Singh Employee Hosts
          Himanshu Singh Dec 2, 2012 6:08 PM (in response to Peter Villevoye)

          End users who download the folios do not like 'Deleting' their downloaded issues and it gives an impression that they cannot get the issue back after deleting, thus it's called 'Archiving' in the App or Content Viewer which somewhat conveys "If you delete it, you can always get it back".

          • 2. Re: Deleting, archiving, changing the world ?
            Neil Enns - Adobe Employee Hosts
            Neil Enns - Adobe Dec 2, 2012 8:40 PM (in response to Himanshu Singh)

            If you're not wild about the terms used in the viewer you can change all of them when you build your own app for submitting to the app store.

             

            In App Builder on the App Details page open the advanced options section. Click the button to export a template file and you'll get an XML document with every string in every language used by the viewer. Change whatever you like, build your app, and voila. Whatever words you like for your specific readers.

             

            Neil