Bug 229941 – vnc menu tooltip not HIG compliant

Bug 229941 - vnc menu tooltip not HIG compliant

Summary:	vnc menu tooltip not HIG compliant

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	vnc (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity low
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Assigned To:	Adam Tkac
QA Contact:	David Lawrence
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Reported:	2007-02-24 14:39 EST by petrosyan
Modified:	2013-04-30 19:35 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Fixed In Version:	4.1.2-13.fc7
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Last Closed:	2007-02-26 07:55:34 EST
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Description petrosyan 2007-02-24 14:39:25 EST

Description of problem:
According to GNOME HIG
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/desktop-integration.html#menu-item-tooltips
menu tooltips writers should:
*) Phrase the tooltip as an imperative verb, for example "design", "write" or
"check".
*) Describe the most important tasks users can accomplish with your application.

vnc's menu entry tooltip "VNC client application" does none of that.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
vnc-4.1.2-9.fc6

Comment 1 Adam Tkac 2007-02-25 06:05:41 EST

Hm. What exactly could be more descriptive? I think "VNC client application" is
one of the best descriptions...

Regards, Adam

Comment 2 petrosyan 2007-02-25 14:59:03 EST

Is "VNC client application" phrased as a verb? Here are some HIG compliant tooltips:
"Calculator" -> "Perform calculations"
"Text Editor" -> "Edit text files"
"Terminal" -> "Use the command line"
HIG says that the tooltip should be phrased as an imperative verb.
"VNC viewer" -> "VNC client application" is not phrased as an imperative verb.
The tooltip should be something like "Connect to a remote computer" or something
like that.

Comment 3 Adam Tkac 2007-02-26 07:55:34 EST

I've changed it to "Connect to VNC server and display remote desktop"

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