[FR]: Shorten the names of Toolbars' actions

[sakkamade]

Brief description of the feature request.

I would like to see shorter names (at least by omitting words like "Show", "Select", "Messages", etc.) in toolbar list, or/and make them shorter by overflow at certain width with ....

To understand why, you only need to look——

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Nice and tidy look in Akregator

[martinrotter]

Yes, I plan to completely go through all phrases used in program and unify, shorten them.

[martinrotter]

@sakkamade Also, there is a problem for some items whose titles cannot be shortened without losing information on how the item actual does. How would you shorten "Mark selected messages as unread"?

[sakkamade]

"Mark as unread", and the tooltip which will display more minute explanation.

[sakkamade]

Perhaps change the "Items" to "Feeds"?
And so it will be:

• "Mark as unread" for present "Mark selected messages as unread"
• "Mark feed as unread"
• "Mark all feeds as unread"
  (I am strongly opposite leaving the "Item" as is; the actual meaning of the word is not followed in my opinion)

Then edit "Select next unread message" to "Next unread", etc.
Well, if you want it to be more plain, may as well append something like "entry", "article" or—here it may be as well—"item".

All in all,

1. "message" to "entry", "item", "article" or simply omit it;
2. "item" to "feed", perhaps "subject", "topic", "object",
   otherwise simply omit this one instead—preferably this one; for there are folders, accounts, etc., moreover this would make them look like something vast, whereas having "entry" or "article" in the #1 case will narrow the look and focus of the functions;
3. "select", "show": just leave it out.

There is also "Switch importance of selected messages" and "Switch message list layout orientation", they may be changed to "Switch importance" and "Switch layout" respectively.

Honestly, I don't understand the plural of "items" now: there is no way to select more than one feed, is there?
Unless they are within the same folder, but even so, it seem to me rather confusing than helping.

[sakkamade]

I believe I furnished you with too many options...

If you want me to express nothing but my bare opinion, just ask me.

[martinrotter]

* "Mark all feeds as unread"
  (I am strongly opposite leaving the "Item" as is; the actual meaning of the word is not followed in my opinion)

Well, thing is that user can select for example "label" or "recycle bin" and mark those read unread - in that case "mark (selected) feeds unread" is not entirely precise

[martinrotter]

OK, I must stabilize the vocabulary:
message -> article,
feed,
category (folder of feeds),
fetch feeds

etc

[martinrotter]

OK.

c598d6a

Please test latest dev. build when it compiles and let me know if it is better and if it is, i will go through rest of GUI and rewrite texts accordingly.

[sakkamade]

Why "categories" and not a "folders"?

[sakkamade]

And this was not addressed:

Honestly, I don't understand the plural of "items"

Why not "item"?

[martinrotter]

fair enough, will use folder, it is better than categories, also i made a conclusion that for the FILESYSTEM folders, I will use "directory"

therefore folders of feeds -> FOLDERS, folders of files -> DIRECTORIES

[sakkamade]

Or you did not change every Toolbar action, only some, right?