Re: Labels on switches widgets considered evil [LWN.net]

From:		David Woodhouse <dwmw2-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ-AT-public.gmane.org>
To:		"Thiago Marcos P. Santos" <thiago.santos-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w-AT-public.gmane.org>
Subject:		Re: Labels on switches widgets considered evil
Date:		Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:04:31 +0100
Message-ID:		<1304003071.4772.15.camel@macbook.infradead.org>
Cc:		"meego-dev-WXzIur8shnEAvxtiuMwx3w-AT-public.gmane.org" <meego-dev-WXzIur8shnEAvxtiuMwx3w-AT-public.gmane.org>, Meego il10n <meego-il10n-WXzIur8shnEAvxtiuMwx3w-AT-public.gmane.org>, nicholas.e.richards-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w-AT-public.gmane.org
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On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 10:01 +0300, Thiago Marcos P. Santos wrote:
> I'm working on UX Components and I noticed that our Switch widget can
> have labels inside (mostly ON / OFF are used, like setting bluetooth
> or wi-fi status).

Hm, I hadn't thought about these translations before.

I am distinctly unimpressed by the fact that in GNOME 3 I have to click
where it says 'OFF' to make my VPN connect, and click where it says 'ON'
to make it disconnect.

Can I set up a translation so that _("ON") == "OFF" and _("OFF") = "ON"?

-- 
dwmw2

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