Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] View-->Show sub-menu and some of the items ...
Ethereal development <ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb am 26.01.04 09:22:19:
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 10:53:08PM -0800, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> > I have some comments about some of the items in the View-->Show sub-menu.
> >
> > View-->Show-->Packet Dissection
> >
> > I seem to recall that a number of people refer to this as the packet
> > detail pane. Should we perhaps call it:
> >
> > View-->Show-->Packet Detail
>
> The Sniffer Pro 4.7 Getting Started Guide refers to the "summary pane",
> "detail pane", and "hex pane" (even though the "hex pane", like most if
> not all other network analyzer's "hex panes", shows ASCII/EBCDIC as
> well).
>
> The Shomiti Surveyor 3.1 manual uses the exact same names. I think I've
> seen other analyzers use the same terms.
>
> We should probably do the same (in the GUI *and* the documentation),
> using "Detail" rather than "Protocol tree"...
>
This is a better choice, I agree.
As I'm not a native english speaker: should it be called "Packet Detail" or "Packet Details" as there is more than one detail in the packet?
> > Also,
> >
> > View-->Show-->Packet Data
> >
> > All over the code, and a number of people, refer to this as the byte view
> > pane. Shouldn't it be:
> >
> > View-->Show-->Byte View
>
> ...although we could perhaps use "byte view" rather than "hex dump" as
> it's not just hex data.
>
Might we want to use: "Packet Byte View" then, at least in the menu?
Regards, ULFL
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