[IxDA Discuss] Terminology: import-export or upload-download

[Katie Albers]

On the whole I agree with Calvin, here...but what's wrong with using 
"move"? It's simple and clear as long as you specify the to and from. 
In fact, I think it's good discipline to remind ourselves that no 
matter what we use, it is highly probable that our users do not have 
the same knowledge base that allows them to infer the from and to 
points of a move -- whatever terminology we use. A cautionary note: 
If you know you have a substantial user base whose first language is 
a romance language (French, Spanish, etc.) then "Transfer" -- being 
Latin-based -- is likely to be more readily comprehensible to them.

Katie

At 9:06 AM -0700 3/19/08 Calvin_Park wrote:
>IMO, unless the direction of transfer is unmistakably clear, I'd use
>the word "transfer" instead of "up/download" or "im/export".
>
>The latter two assumes directional references too much.
>
>On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:17:06, Leandro Alves <lbalves at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  Well, I agree with Elizabeth, but I think that download/upload is best
>>   used when relative to storing data. For example, when you send a vcard
>>   file to a online address book service, you're "uploading a file",
>>   but the best term (for me, at least) is "importing a contact".
>>
>  >  But, I think a user study to confirm this. It's simple and fast. :)

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Katie Albers
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