Also, let's think of a better word then "Threadsuck". "Download", perhaps? "Archive"? "Save"?
Tara: What's so bad about them coming here? Aren't they good guys? I mean, Watchers, that's just like whole other Gileses, right? Buffy: Yes! They're scary and horrible!
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Rob - Dec 28, 2002 11:38:03 pm PST #2427 of 10000
Jon B. - Dec 28, 2002 11:39:28 pm PST #2428 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I like "Threadsuck", but I can see that we might not want the string "suck" to be on a page for filtering reasons. Download would work for me.
§ ita § - Dec 28, 2002 11:40:43 pm PST #2429 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think if suck breaks a filter, we've broken the filter. There're worse words in just about every page.
Still, not attached to the term at all.
Karl - Dec 28, 2002 11:43:45 pm PST #2430 of 10000
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Wow, I'm amazed that worked the first time, ita.
Anyone else who needs access to the CVS repository, please send me mail at the profile address. I'm at my in-laws place this weekend, and all I have is dial-up, so I'll check mail but I won't be on the board much.
Rob - Dec 28, 2002 11:46:19 pm PST #2431 of 10000
I just think the term would add a touch of vulgarity to an otherwise clean design. Plus, forget looking it up in a dictionary to figure out what it means, if English isn't your first language.
Rebecca Lizard - Dec 28, 2002 11:57:01 pm PST #2432 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
If it comes to that, I believe you should be able to just ask someone, Rob. You can't look up "meara" or "Nilly" or "xpost" in a dictionary, either.
I like "threadsuck".
§ ita § - Dec 28, 2002 11:58:13 pm PST #2433 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wrod.
Rob - Dec 28, 2002 11:59:47 pm PST #2434 of 10000
None of the words you mention are part of the user-interface for the board, so I wouldn't apply as high standards for choosing them.
I think we should try to choose words for the interface that don't require a new user to ask what they mean.
Rebecca Lizard - Dec 29, 2002 12:04:48 am PST #2435 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
Oh, c'mon, it's no more anti-intuitive than the way we use "tagline". And, eventually, we'll have a MARCIE. People are going to have to find out what that means, too.
This is the internet. There are going to be neologisms. "Threadsuck" is a perfectly good term. And if your opposition to it is based on the grounds that a word with "suck" imbedded in it isn't going to be workplace-friendly-- dude, if it's not huge text or in the title bar of your window (as a title of a thread would be), and it's only *imbedded* in the word, I really can't entirely be swayed by that argument.
Rob - Dec 29, 2002 12:14:12 am PST #2436 of 10000
I think it hurts usability. Browser based interfaces start off at a disadvantage, since they usually don't have things like tooltips or context sensitive help. Picking code-words for the "buttons" just seems to make the board it harder to use.
I'll be arguing against using "MARCIE" anywhere in the user-interface, too, if it comes to it.