[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 103093] "Insert as Link" should be renamed to "Reference externally ( non-embedded)"

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103093

--- Comment #14 from Björn Michaelsen <bjoern.michaelsen at canonical.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #13)
> "What is the best name for
>                    Link   Hyperlink   URL    Reference  Chain
> Resource on 
> the Internet       ()     ()          ()     ()         () 
> Resource within 
> the document       ()     ()          ()     ()         () 
> Resource at local 
> file system        ()     ()          ()     ()         () 
> Connected text 
> blocks             ()     ()          ()     ()         ()
> etc.
> 
> This matrix question cannot be asked on G+ but at the blog.

I would start the other way around to learn about user expectations when
encountering these words, e.g. with questions like:
- "When you see the LibreOffice interface refer to 'link' what do you expect it
to refer to?"
- "Are you aware (without googling for them first) of a difference between the
meaning of 'link' and 'hyperlink' for you when you come across them in the
LibreOffice interface? If yes, what is it?"
- "Are you aware (without googling for it first) of uses of the word 'link' in
the LibreOffice interface that do not refer to resources (webpages, pictures,
videos etc.) on the internet or on the local computer? If so, which are those?"

Of course, the audience for these questions on G+/blog is highly self-selected
(thus the importance of the 'w/o googling first hint', which might still be
ignored) -- and the answers are free-text, which is more work to analyse. I
assume 50% of TDF blog readers are very much not aware about "connected text
blocks" when not hinted at it explicitly or implicitly at them[1] before. As
blog readership is self-selected, 50% TDF of blog readers being aware
translates to 99% of the general user base not being aware of "linked text
frames".

Anyway, so far I havent heard one good reason to use the ambiguous and
technical wording with 'link' for the text frame feature. Thus using "Form a
Single Text Chain" instead of any wording using 'link' seems to have no
drawbacks, but only advantages. As such, unless I overlooked a drawback, THAT
change should be non-controversal (and should not need any surveys) as it
unclutters the problem space quite a bit already.

Another reference: https://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Pages09_UserGuide.pdf
seems to use both 'hyperlink' and 'link' interchangeably in the UI. Sadly there
does not seem to be any newer version available.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology)

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