Ethereal-dev: RE: [Ethereal-dev] Display filter button text

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From: Biot Olivier <Olivier.Biot@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:09:04 +0100
| From: Ulf Lamping
| 
| Biot Olivier schrieb am 20.01.04 16:09:32:
| > 
| > The display filter button label "DFilter" is not clear to
| > the users. I'm more in favor of labelling it "Filters...".
| 
| That was a suggestion from me, as I think it's not obvious 
| what the buttons mean.

Ageed :)

| Former, all filter buttons are labelled "Filter", regardless 
| if they refer to display or capture filters.

True.

| It might be an idea, to label the more often display filter 
| ones simply "Filter...", and the capture filter buttons 
| something more descriptive like "Capture Filter...".

To me it makes sense to name all *ethereal* filters (which we
also refer to by "display filters") as "filters", and specify
their purpose for all other filters (currently only capture
filters). This at least will remove much confusion I think.

Maybe it is time to write a new Ethereal user guide, and add
some architecture drawings etc. I'll see what I can do...

Regards,

Olivier