Re: "New action" or similar name instead of "New tab"?

On 10/18/2011 07:04 AM, Greywolf wrote:

> On 18/10/2011 3:25 AM, Francisco wrote:
> [snip musings]
>>
>>  "Page", "Site"...
>
> I disagree. "Tab" is what it looks like, at least to those of us who
> still remember file folders, and even occasionally still use them. ;-)
>
> But a basic rule of standards is "Don't change what the users have come
> to expect." The fact is that for most of our devices standards are
> inherently arbitrary. They have become standards only because of habit,
> and decades or centuries of use. Eg. clockwise to drive a screw,
> anti-clockwise to extract it.

EXCEPT that some/many/all older Dodge vehicles use left-hand threads for 
the wheel lugs on the...oh crap, I can't remember the correct side;  if 
I need to loosen them I'll just have to inspect :-(

 > For that matter "clockwise" is anarbitrary standard.
 >
> Once such an arbitrary standard has become habitual, there is very
> little if any reason to change it, and many reasons to keep it.
>
> In this case, there's no point in changing what millions of users have
> come to expect.

Excellent!

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Cheers, Bev
    I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock
    every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there
    picking the locks, they are always locking three.