Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] View-->Show sub-menu and some of the items ...

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From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:16:44 -0800 (PST)
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Ulf Lamping wrote:

> Richard Sharpe wrote:
> >My tendency is to think of it as the Packet Detail Window/Pane, but I 
> >could live with the other.
> >
> >  
> >
> Hmmmm, we should either call it:
> 
> a)
> "View->Show->Packet List"
> "View->Show->Packet Details"
> "View->Show->Packet Bytes"

I think this would be fine.
 
> or
> 
> b)
> "View->Show->Packet List View"
> "View->Show->Packet Detail View"
> "View->Show->Packet Byte View"
> 
> c)
> or using b) but replacing "xy View" by "xy Window" or "xy Pane" or similar
> 
> 
> I would simply prefer to use a), as this is IMHO short and intuitive.
> 
> In the documentation we could refer to this as e.g. "the Packet Detail 
> Pane" or such, as that won't confuse as it's clear to understand.
> 
> Regards, ULFL
> 
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