[Adium-devl] Fwd: Re: [Adium-feedback] Installation

[Peter Hosey]

Begin forwarded message:
> From: Michael Kwasnicki <mkii at bossmail.de>
> Date: February 04, 2007 1:47:45 AM PST
> To: Adium Feedback <feedback at adiumx.com>
> Subject: Re: [Adium-feedback] Installation
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>
> Hello Mr. Hosey,
>
> Perhaps I've got a workaround for you.
>
> Mac OS X supports the localization of folder.
> Now you may think I'm talking of the Application folder or the Home  
> folder, Users folder, Desktop folder....
> wich are localized on the system.
> No, I'm talking about custom folders. I saw this technique in "The  
> Sims 2" for the first time.
> Depending on the Language of your system the mounted volume and the  
> installed folder have names like
> "The Sims 2", "Die Sims 2", "Los Sims 2" and so on.
>
> It works this way :
> you define a folder that sould be localized. Let's say we want to  
> have the word "grab" as text above the first hand.
> So you create a folder with a transparent icon and call it  
> "grab.localized". (the appendix will be instantly hidden by OS X)
> then you will have to create a folder inside with the name  
> ".localized". (you will have to do this from the console since OS X  
> does not allow names starting with a . )
> inside that folder you can specify an arbarity amount of  
> localizations. You have to call them "en.strings", "de.strings",  
> "fr.strings"...
>
> and the files have to look like this (german example) :
>
> "grab" = "greifen";
>
> the first sting must be exactly as the name of the folder without  
> the .localized appendix
> the second one is the local replacement for that.
>
> so it has to look like this :
>
> grab.localized
> 	.localized
> 		de.strings
> 		en.strings
> 		fr.strings
>
>
> so the folder with a fully transparent icon above the first hand  
> would provide the information in any language you specify.
>
> I've appended an example with the "drag" string. But it's only  
> localized for german and the french localization is a fake.
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Michael Kwasnicki
>
>
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> Am 04.02.2007 um 01:18 schrieb Peter Hosey:
>
>> On Feb 03, 2007, at 12:53:23, Michael Kwasnicki wrote:
>>> BUT the installation instructions are not obvious to most people.
>>
>> Phooey. We were actually hoping it'd be *more* obvious?I guess it  
>> didn't work. :(
>>
>> As a workaround, you might have your brother/mother/friend watch  
>> the videos before having them download it:
>>
>> 	http://adiumx.com/screencasts/
>>
>> At least the first one (episode 0), which is a brief tutorial on  
>> installing Adium and disposing of the disk image.
>>
>>> I'd suggest to add some words like "grab", "drag", "drop" or  
>>> something to let everyone know that the hands on the picture have  
>>> a meaning.
>>
>> Not a bad idea. The only problem with it is that instructions in  
>> English won't work for anybody who can't read English; that's why  
>> we hope to be able to get it working with pictures only.
>> ___________________________________
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