[horde] Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.0.1 (final)

[Andreas Mauser]

----- Nachricht von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org> ---------
   Datum: Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:19:55 -0700
     Von: Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>
Betreff: Re: [horde] Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.0.1 (final)
      An: horde at lists.horde.org


> Quoting Arjen de Korte <arjen+horde at de-korte.org>:
>
>> Citeren Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>>
>>>>> the 'Neuer Termin' text does not fit in the green top left field  
>>>>> in the german translation.
>>>>> I'm using a 13.3" laptop screen.
>>>>> It does not make a difference on a 23" screen, and I can not  
>>>>> move the bar between the left and the middle frame (if that's  
>>>>> necessary to make the full text shown).
>>>>
>>>> It's a preference.
>>>
>>> This still doesn't work correctly in places like IMP (It only  
>>> displays "New" - the "Message" part wraps and is hidden) with the  
>>> default prefs value.  A user should not have to be changing  
>>> preferences to make this work out-of-the-box.
>>
>> The Dutch translation is 'suffering' from the same problem. I  
>> couldn't find a more compact translation for 'New Events' than  
>> 'Nieuwe gebeurtenis', which requires quite a bit more width. I had  
>> to increase the menu width to from the default 210 to 240 to make  
>> the translations for the 'New <whatever>' items fit for all  
>> installed applications. A little wider default for the left menu  
>> might be useful.
>
> This is not the correct solution though.  Something like "New  
> Events" or "New Message" could be 30 characters in a language like  
> German or 5 characters in Mandarin.
>
> I already tried reducing the font size, but I was told that was an  
> incorrect solution.  Another option would be to allow the text to  
> overflow the sidebar.  But this only works well if the browser  
> supports the text-overflow CSS rule, and not all browsers do.

What about standardizing it, like 'New Object' Or 'New Item'. maybe  
thats sufficient in space of the field in all/most languages? It  
should be a logical thing for all users that New Item in e.g. IMP is a  
new Message.
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