[smc-discuss] [bug #28059] shutdown എന്നതിനു്അടച്ചു്പൂട്ടുകഎന്നതിനു്പകരംനിര്‍ത്തിവയ്ക്കുകഎന്നാക്കുക

[Saji Nediyanchath]

@Jayadevan, I feel that the idea of having different localisations like
different skins spoils the very idea of a centralised localisation for
Malayalam. From what I know we now have a common interface(with same
localisation) for different linux distributions as we're carrying out the
translations of the UI at the source itself, wherever possible, i.e, at KDE
or GNOME. In that way users won't find it difficult to start using new
OS(maybe a more user-friendly one).
The whole thing is about standardisation. I feel that this concept like
skinning if done will become a step backward from standardisation. With
standardisation only we can get more acceptance. And when it comes to more
common things such as helping other users such a standardised UI will help,
whereas a skinned one will create confusions.
Like *XML* files in web technology for UI localisation in regular
applications, we use *POT*(Portable Object Template). Its not in hard-coded
format. For every localised program there exists a *pot* file in which the
corresponding translated UI strings are stored. the user just has to
download it and use it. And for common users it can be packaged with the
software itself so that the user will be getting the localised UI from day
one. If a certain user fancies to have another string in lieu of the
standard one he/she can always make a custom copy of the UI's POT file and
make it to match his needs. Its like skinning itself. But I believe a
standard interface is going to do more in the long-term.
Whatever I have told above is just my opinion based one whatever I learnt
about Localisation and what I now believe. :)

SMC maintains a list of common translations(Glossary) at-
http://wiki.smc.org.in/Glossary

2011/1/15 Jayadevan Raja <jayadevanraja at gmail.com>

> Will it be good to have a Skinnable User Interface (like skins or themes or
> something), so that users can choose what words to use, rather than the
> words like shut-down etcetera being hard-coded? In that case, KDE, Gnome
> etcetera can come with a default skin, but with the click of a button, he
> can choose another skin which he prefers. So, we the user can change the
> words അടച്ചു്-പൂട്ടുക or നിറുത്തി വയ്ക്കുക or നിറുത്തി വക്കുക or ഷട്-ഡൌണ്‍
> or shut-down or shutdown or whatever, as easily as he can change his desktop
> wallpaper now?
>
> Won't this be an ultimate user-empowerment? Won't that also simplify the UI
> design? (I am new to desktop development. My industrial background is in
> web-application development, where we use this technique - the words are in
> XML files. I find that enhancing the maintainability of the software, though
> I don't know if this technique of not hard-coding the words will be easy in
> Desktop environments).
>
>
>
> 2011/1/14 കെവി & സിജി <kevinsiji at gmail.com>
>
>> 2011/1/14 Jayadevan Raja <jayadevanraja at gmail.com>
>>
>>> @kevinsiji at gmail.com: That comment was a bit too harsh - you should have
>>> read what I have said before saying so.
>>
>>
>>  അതു് നിങ്ങളെ വേദനിപ്പിച്ചുവെങ്കില്‍ ക്ഷമിയ്ക്കണം. അങ്ങിനെ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചല്ല
>> എഴുതിയതു്.
>>
>> കെവി.
>>
>>
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