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Hello,

One thing I've found frustrating whilst learning and using ImageVue has been the language variables used for settings, features, categories, etc, etc. It makes things quite difficult to understand and involves more than the ordinary amount of experimenting to get to grips with the product.

Has anyone improved the English language?
Is anyone working on an improved English language?

I am keen to do this and do a lot of proof reading for clients and at work. I will be more than happy to contribute by improving the English language files.

So is anyone keen to join me in the overhaul the English translation of ImageVue to better improve it - for current and future editions of ImageVue?

As there are some differences between the North American and United Kingdom English languages, please select which "version" of English you speak. This will better allow us to improve the language for these regions.

Cheers!

Never had any problems with the English language and grammar......

Martin wrote:Never had any problems with the English language and grammar......

Take a look at just some of these in the Admin area - without any searching: for example no description or unclear:
Settings >> Uploader >> Overwrite.
Url1
Hotspot_coordinates
Default subj for contact email
Default subj for link sending email
When somebody shares a link from your gallery send an Email to the owner also
Setting: "Disable dashboard:" and Description: "Disable dashboard".

Great example: Sort Files by: na, nd, ta, td, da, dd, sa, sd, rnd. Select/Option tags allow you to specify text for the option's value! "<option value="na">Name Ascending</option>" is so much better than "<option value="na">na</option>".
You agree?


There are so many examples of where things can certainly be improved. I cannot sell this product to a client without resolving issues such as this. Which is why I am happy to invest my time improving the product.

I hope that that makes things clearer.

I am not sure in your examples what English could be improved? I can't see any grammar mistakes or anything related to American vs English, although of course there would be room for improved descriptions.

There are 100s of settings in Imagevue, and almost all of them come with simple descriptions. We do not have the resources to go in depth on every single setting, and many of them are simply abbreviations for common technical terms.

For example, when working with technical systems, you will often use shortened terms for things like dates and sorting. That is because you are telling the code how to sort ... If we had to add long options like "Name Ascending", we would need to add conditions to the code. I am not saying the settings are easy, but they are there for those who need to expand upon the default.

mjau-mjau wrote:we would need to add conditions to the code

Hello Mjau-Mjau!

Thanks for your response. I am trying to be proactive here and improve the software while contributing to the community. I'm passing on feedback I've received from clients - where they've said the backend is 'unusable' or 'barely useable'. But if you are not willing to receive feedback, free assistance and volunteers to improve the anomalies and further build upon the existing titles and descriptions, then that is your call.

I must admit, things have certainly improved since v2.7 and 2.6, which is why we've purchased a licence for testing, development and private use. I am willing to contribute to the community, however if you cannot see the advantage of beginner to advanced customers having a higher quality administrator interface, a smoother learning curve and pleasant experience, then I shall only implement the changes across client sites, who have all welcomed the improvements!

Re "conditions to the code" - the only modifications required to resolve this one particular example, would be:
- <option value="na">Name Ascending</option>
- <option value="nd">Name Descending</option>
- <option value="ta">Time Ascending</option>
- <option value="td">Time Descending</option>
- <option value="da">Date Ascending</option>
- <option value="dd">Date Descending</option>
- <option value="sa">Size Ascending</option>
- <option value="sd">Size Descending</option>
- <option value="rnd">Name Ascending</option>

Nothing more is required. No conditions etc. This resolves this particular example.

I am happy to go through and further improve these title/description phrases. I perform proof reading for clients and feel this will be an invaluable improvement to ImageVue.

Keep up the hard work.

I am not against improvements! Perhaps right now, in a new version we would likely focus on less settings, and instead a more intuitive default.