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Subject:Re: Unset? Can that be a verb? From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:techwr-l List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:56:44 -0800
Language aside, "Unset as Default Configuration" is unclear. After you
select that command, what is the default configuration? Does that
command reset the default configuration settings to whatever tehy were
initial installation? If so, it should be called something like "Reset
Default Configuration to Initial Settings."
More generally, if a "default configuration" can be reset to its
defaults, it probably shouldn't be called a "default configuration."
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:56 PM, <jennysubs -at- mac -dot- com> wrote:
> I am documenting some software that has a right-click menu item: Set as Default Configuration.
>
> Once you've set it, the menu changes to: Unset as Default Configuration.
>
> That just seems wrong to me. The only definitions I can find for the word (other than as a programming term) are adjectives:
>
> not mounted (an unset gem)
> not hardened (unset cement)
>
> I might be able to get this changed if I can come up with a better idea. I don't think they're going to want to make the menu show all possible configurations, which is what makes sense to me.
>
> Remove as Default Configuration?
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