Manu, thanks for your great work on the dialog, and you nice explanation
messages. Essentially there isn't much wrong with them, so sorry if my
suggestions seem overly-perfectionistic or anal, but a few comments
follow anyway:
Tristan Wibberley wrote:
* Log out : Close your session so that other users can log in.
Letting other users log in isn't necessarily the intended consequence of
logging out, so "so" seems an odd way to say it. How about "Close your
session, which lets other users log in."
"so" sounds perfectly fine to me, I'm all in favor of "Close your
session so that other users can log in."
(I'm not a native speaker either, but "so" describes a consequence
rather than a goal here - native speakers might say the "that" should be
removed. "which lets other users log in" doesn't sound nice to me )
* Switch : Let another user log in while your session remains open.
Nice, I think the password-protection can be left unmentioned, people
will find out, really.
* Lock : Launch the screensaver and password protect your session.
That's good.
Nice, indeed.
* Sleep : Let the computer sleep. You can wake it up by pressing any
key.
"Let the computer sleep" is just doubled here, and doesn't explain more;
the icon is called 'sleep' for a reason. Also, I'm giving the command to
the computer and thus I don't expect my pet to fall asleep ;-)
"power-saving mode. Your computer will be silent, but still needs power.
You can wake it up by pressing any key"
or, if that's too long, just
"power-saving mode. You can wake up the computer by pressing any key".
* Hibernate : Let the computer hibernate; it won't need any power. When
started again, all open applications will be restored.
"Let the computer hibernate" --> same duplication as sleep.
I suggest "Power down without closing your session. When switched on,
all open applications will be restored.
(btw, I re-worded "started again" because it sounds contradictory to not
ending your session, but I admit that is pretty anal)
* Restart : Restart the computer.
* Shut down : Completely turn off the computer.
This is also a duplicate, but what more can be said? :)
Maybe "Your session will be closed" behind the options, but I think
people will get the point.
The essence of most options is revealed in the first three words of the
explanation, which is nice.
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