Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Packet vs. Frame
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Ulf Lamping wrote:
> Hi List!
>
> As the release is almost out of the door...
>
> I will have a second try, to get an answer to the following question ;-)
Hmmm, I had to reformat paras. Can you switch wrap on please?
> All over the Ethereal GUI, both words "Packet" and "Frame" are used,
> IMHO with the same meaning. Unless there is a good reason not to, we
> should use only one of these words, and this consistent in the entire
> GUI (in all menus, dialogs, ...). IMHO, I would prefer to use "Packet"
> everywhere, and rename every appearance of "Frame" to "Packet".
>
> This has nothing to do with the naming scheme of the specific protocols
> (e.g.: in the packet list, packet details, ...), it's only about the
> generic GUI elements like the menu itemnames itself: e.g."View/Frame In
> New Window", "Edit/Find Frame" and also the corresponding dialogs, like
> some labels in the dialogs of: "Tools/Summary", "Capture/Start".
I think that in view of the fact that 'packet' is a generic term, and that
we use more specific terms in the tree view pane, and that different
protocols use different terms for what are essentially the same, we SHOULD
use 'Packet' for GUI items, and use the protocol preferred term when it
comes to individual protocols.
Regards
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Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com
