It is now four years later. I recently discovered Inkscape, and have begun using it to edit SVG images. And this afternoon I was finally so annoyed by the "Affect" label that I reported it as a bug in need of fixing. I was soon notified that I was reporting a duplicate of this error, Bug #590686. And here I now am, reading over the text of the above messages.
The messages suggest that the error has been fixed. Well, boys and girls, it is still here. Inkscape 0.48.4 r9939. I am using Windows 7 on a 64 bit system. I am a native English speaker. I am a grammar nazi. And I am incredulous that this problem is apparently still being reproduced. WTF??? Hey, though: it's not like Adobe Illustrator CS6 isn't replete with its own stockpile of linguistic mishaps. Looks to me like nobody thinks it's important to have their software vetted by someone with a degree in English anymore before distributing it to the public. Adobe has been around long enough to know better. Christ, how can programmers still be making these kinds of mistakes? Doesn't anyone check their work? Did they all get a C in English?? (Can you hear me laughing? I am laughing here... Sort of.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/590686 Title: "Affect:" toolbar label should be renamed/removed Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: Fix Committed Status in “inkscape” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: inkscape The tool controls bar for the Select tool contains a button group with the label "Affect:". This label is inappropriate for a couple of reasons: 1. False implication that the buttons apply some sort of visual effect (blur, noise etc). The buttons actually control the effects of scale/move operations on borders, gradients and patterns. 2. Grammatical inconsistency. Most (perhaps all?) other toolbar labels are nouns for the related property ("Width:", "Force:", "Angle X" etc). "Affect:" is a verb. It would make sense to either remove the label or replace it with a suitable noun for the property being adjusted (maybe something like "Scale/move properties:" but less verbose!) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: inkscape 0.47.0-2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Jun 7 09:45:55 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100412) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: inkscape To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/590686/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
