[TYPO3-hci] Shortcut => Bookmark

Malte Jansen mail at maltejansen.de
Thu Jan 31 15:02:19 CET 2008


Franz Koch schrieb:
> Hi,
>>> "Quick Link"
>>
>> +1 from me for that one
>>
>> It's somehow simular to "shortcuts" right of the windows-start-button.
> 
> We're not only having users coming from windows - and even a lot of 
> windows users don't even know that feature (it's even deactivated by 
> default on some setups). And be honest - how many good usability 
> concepts has M$ ever made?
> 
>> Perhaps "Quick Menu" (or "Quick Menu Entry") would also fit.
> 
> Hmm, how fast/quick can a menu get, 10px per second? (just kidding)
> 
> But honestly, what does the term "Quick menu" or "Quick link" tell a 
> editor. What is a "quick link". When I try to translate these terms into 
> german, they don't really make sense in terms of usability and easy 
> understanding, because they are missing a important descriptive phrase.
> 
> If you want to have something with "quick" - then I would suggest "quick 
> access" or with more correct wording "rapid/fast access". In german that 
> would be "Schnellzugriff/Direktzugriff", which is much easier to 
> understand. That would be something I could give a +1.
> 
Hi,

we don't need to translate it word by word.
I'm not sure if access fits, because access is connected to 
right-management.

EN: "Quick Menu" <--> DE: "Kurzmenü"

But first of all there must be a fitting word in English...

Cheers,

Malte


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