Terminology: tracking

[rho]

I've been looking again at tracking/notifications/subscription/ESN and thinking some more about terminology. What I'd said originally was that we were going to use "tracking" to refer to this, but looking at it again now, I'm not sure that's right.

I'm thinking that we should tracking specifically for referring to tracking of comments/entries, but use notifications in a more general sense. So for instance, you would receive a notification when someone adds you to their circle or you might receive a notification when someone comments on an entry you're tracking, but you wouldn't track people adding you to their circle. The inbox would still be referred to as the inbox, so all notifications would go to the inbox, and you also have the option of having them emaiiled to you.

Does this seem sensible to people?

Interactions Menu

[snakeling]

Thanks to denise, I was able to get a broader sample for the naming of the menu in the profile.

The poll itself was next to useless, but the comments were very illuminating. Several trends emerged:

• having "profile" in the name is misleading, as the only thing the menu has to do with the profile is the fact that it's located there
• "action" describes the menu better than "navigation", but it's still not quite right

Several people proposed "user interactions menu" or "networking menu". I'm reluctant to use "netwoking menu", as "Network" has a specific meaning in DW (it's the friendsfriends function). I'm also reluctant to use "user" in the menu name, as a similar menu appears on comms and feeds.

After reviewing all these arguments, I'm making an executive decision because someone has to. The menu shall henceforth be known as the Interactions Menu. If you've got an objection, now is the time to argue it :)

(Also, can someone tell me whether "interactions" should be in the plural or singular? I like it in the plural, but I'm not a native speaker.)

Thanks to all who participated and commented!