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Text in localizable strings #15

Closed vadymmarkov closed 9 years ago

vadymmarkov commented 9 years ago

@richardoti @zenangst I don't see the point to use "ago" in the text. Also strings like "hours" and "minutes" are too long and it takes a lot of space. I think it's better to have "25 min" instead of "25 minutes ago", etc. The only issue I see there is that we've already have a lot of localisation files, and we could change it for languages we know like English, Norwegian, but we are not confident about others.

richardtop commented 9 years ago

@vadymmarkov, I think, you've mentioned the details of actual implementation. How about changing strings in bundle for the particular app(s)?

"25 minutes ago" is a general case and if it does not suits us, we could go to a specific one, adjusting bundle for the particular apps.

We could also take a look on Instagram, it uses "5m", "19h", "3d" and "14w" strings and never goes beyond "weeks"]

vadymmarkov commented 9 years ago

Changing strings in bundle for the particular app also makes sense. But I don't know any app with the format like "25 minutes ago", and not sure if someone wants to have it.

richardtop commented 9 years ago

screen shot 2015-06-10 at 10 09 05 vk.com - full string

screen shot 2015-06-10 at 10 11 16 facebook.com - short one

vadymmarkov commented 9 years ago

Ok, let's not overcomplicate it :smiley: