Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] [Fwd: "Export as raw packet data" vs. "Save Highlighted Data"
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Ulf Lamping wrote:
Having a look at the context menu again, the function was called "Save
Highlighted Data", but some other function is called "Match -> Selected",
although both meant the same amount of "selected" data.
For this reason, we should call it:
a) Highlighted
or
b) Selected
in both places!
As I got realized this, I tend to use "Selected" in both functions, even
though it might not be 100% correct,
but the term is commonly used for this.
So might call it: "Export Selected Packet Data" then, and keeping the
"Match -> Selected" as it is.
I thought about this for a long time ...
I had in mind that at some time in the future we could support using the
mouse to drag over a series of bytes in the Byte View Pane, and then
export the 'Selected', or is that, 'Highlighted', data.
Since 'Selected' is already used in the sense of selecting a field in the
Detail Pane and having the bytes for that field 'Selected', I would think
that we should use Export Selected Packet Data/Bytes here as well.
Regards
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Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]richardsharpe.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com
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Hi List!
IMHO, both terms are currently used for the same function. I will try to
summarize the things I've understand so far,
please correct me if I got something wrong here.
First of all, what is the expected behaviour of this function?
If the user selects something in the "Packet Details" or "Packet Bytes"
view, this highlights that data in the "Packet Bytes" view.
When this function is called now (by context menu in Details/Bytes or by
menubar) it should save/export this raw binary data to a file. Correct?
Next, what is the correct term to be used for this function?
"Select" vs. "Highlight"
When I understand the GNOME HIG correct, the user *selects* something
and then the program *highlights* that portion in reaction,
or maybe the program might *highlight* something for some other reasons
as well.
Is this correct so far?
"Save" vs. "Export"
When saving, the data can be loaded again. When exporting the data will
be in some different format, so it might not be able to read again.
Is this correct as well?
If both term assumptions were ok, I would expect to call this function:
In the menubar:
"Export -> Highlighted Packet Data..."
I'm unsure, if we should use a keyboard shortcut "CTRL+H" for this, as
this function can be easily accessed from the context menu?
In the context menus:
"Export Highlighted Packet Data..."
And in the dialog itself:
"Export Highlighted Packet Data"
Sorry for any confusion introduced by the menu changes I've made to the
menu name of this function quite a while ago,
trying to fix it now :-)
Regards, ULFL
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