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tomboy-notes / tomdroid

Tomboy notes on Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.tomdroid
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
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the use of Maybe is really horrible #129

Closed obilodeau closed 8 years ago

obilodeau commented 8 years ago

Authorization with %1$s failed. Maybe try again?

Should be

Authorization with %1$s failed. Try again?

Using Maybe is not offering the user an actionable solution..

Didn't succeed, maybe stuff monkeys up your behind?

Imported from Launchpad using lp2gh.

obilodeau commented 8 years ago

(by noahy) I don't know... "maybe" is nice and gives a touch of humanity to the app - reminds me of Eddie from HGTG:

Eddie the Computer: I am pleased to inform you that two nuclear missiles are now headed this way... if you don't mind, I am going to take action. Zaphod: COMPUTER DO SOMETHING! Eddie the Computer: Ok, switching to manual mode... good luck!

I'm not sure about the monkeys suggestion... seems ambiguous and is likely to result in questions as to whether they are for sexual pleasure or to prevent constipation. Maybe trying to sync again would be a more useful strategy?

obilodeau commented 8 years ago

(by j-4) I now changed it to a invitation to sync again later: Authorization with %1$s failed. Try again later!

between the lines there you can still here the word maybe... it's like: try again, maybe it will work then ;-)

do you like it?!