[chandler-users] This collection is empty.

D John Anderson John at osafoundation.org
Mon Apr 2 11:31:35 PDT 2007


How about "No items to view"?

On Apr 2, 2007, at 10:59 AM, Mimi Yin wrote:

> Well we now use view to refer to the display widget in the Summary  
> pane: Triage Table versus Calendar, so that doesn't feel quite  
> right either.
>
> I mean the literal way to do it would be: "This collection contains  
> no items in this application area."
>
> But for some reason, that sounds to me like someone trying to avoid  
> a touchy subject.
>
> What about: "No items in this application area."
>
> This is equally as untrue as This collection is empty, but perhaps  
> people will be less likely to conclude that they have no Msgs/Tasks  
> or Events at all and "This collection'" will be more readily implied.
>
> Mimi
>
> On Apr 2, 2007, at 10:44 AM, D John Anderson wrote:
>
>> Personally, I think that "0 items" doesn't really address the  
>> "heart-attack" response of "no items in the collection", and the  
>> benefit of being shorter doesn't seem very important.
>>
>> How about "no items in this view"?
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On Apr 2, 2007, at 10:34 AM, Andi Vajda wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Mimi Yin wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have logged a new bug to improve the text, so that it's less  
>>>> heart-attack inducing :o)
>>>>
>>>> https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8627
>>>>
>>>> New Proposal: 0 items.
>>>
>>> How about: "No items displayed" ?
>>>
>>> Andi..
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