RFE: minor menu text renaming

[sjk]

Changing Open to Reveal (or Show) for these menu commands:

• Data > New from Template > Open Templates Folder
• {Script Menu} > Open Scripts Folder

… would more accurately describe what they do. Thanks!

[arnow]

@sjk

Changing Open to Reveal … would more accurately describe what they do

and it would be even better if the description and activity of these functions would be harmonized by changing what these commands do …

I would love it to have functions to open the Templates and Scripts folders instead of functions to reveal these folders!

[korm]

I suggest simplifying further:

• Eliminate “Update Templates Menu” and “Update Scripts Menu” and merely perform this in the background
• Combine “New” and “New from Template” into a single menu
• Move “More Templates…” and “More Scripts…” into the middle (Support Assistant) section of the Help menu
• Change “Open Templates Folder” and “Open Scripts Folder” to “Templates…” and “Scripts…” – pop open a Finder tab with those locations

[sjk]

@arnow

and it would be even better if the description and activity of these functions would be harmonized by changing what these commands do …

I would love it to have functions to open the Templates and Scripts folders instead of functions to reveal these folders!

I agree that Open… behavior would be preferable to Reveal…; dunno what made me too lazy not to suggest it that way.

@korm

• Eliminate “Update Templates Menu” and “Update Scripts Menu” and merely perform this in the background

Yup.

• Combine “New” and “New from Template” into a single menu

Structured how? Both those Data submenus are already relatively busy and nesting New from Template any deeper seems excessive.

• Move “More Templates…” and “More Scripts…” into the middle (Support Assistant) section of the Help menu

Yup.

• Change “Open Templates Folder” and “Open Scripts Folder” to “Templates…” and “Scripts…” – pop open a Finder tab with those locations

“Open <…> Folder” may be preferably explicit and more consistent with other apps that provide similar functionality (e.g. FastScripts). Finder tab, anticipating 10.9?

Thanks for the followups!

[korm]

@korm

Combine “New” and “New from Template” into a single menu

@sjk

Structured how? Both those Data submenus are already relatively busy and nesting New from Template any deeper seems excessive.

The “New” menu has something like 9 or 10 items in it – I’d be happy if they were placed in a section at the top of a combined menu comprising the stuff from “New” + “New from Template”. I don’t mind a long menu – better than two different menus with actions that do basically the same task (make new documents).

I’m not suggesting “nesting New from Template … deeper” (not even sure that what means).

[sjk]

@korm

I’m not suggesting “nesting New from Template … deeper” (not even sure that what means).

I wasn’t sure if you were suggesting New from Template be a Template submenu under New or merging the two. I thought the latter could make New seem overloaded and maybe confusing mixing template and non-template items (e.g. Open Templates Folder directly under New; it already seems a bit out-of-place in its current location). But I’d rather that be done than another level of nesting.