# Better terms for watching (and tracking?)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-terms-for-watching-and-tracking/61038>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [15.Апрель.2017 17:17:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-terms-for-watching-and-tracking/61038 "2017-04-15T17:17:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [17.Апрель.2017 18:20:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-terms-for-watching-and-tracking/61038/16 "2017-04-17T18:20:49Z")

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Though the words themselves are pretty much set, there is also the descriptions.  
IMHO the descriptions for the Preference Settings should not be more than a sentence in length.  
But that doesn’t mean they can’t be improved in some way.

If you have any suggestions on how they might be improved I think the other topic that I linked to would be the place.

Other ideas might be a more lengthy description in some kind of helpful tooltip thingy or maybe rewording the FAQ that could be linked to.

I like to think I have a fairly good understanding of how the different settings combine with each other and how they afffect things. But I have yet to be able to put together anything that was clear and concise. All the “if this and this, then this, but if this and that, then this” were more confusing to read then simply just knowing.  
My attempts at wordsmithing something a non-techy newbie could grasp failed miserably but that doesn’t mean others would also fail.  
My current feeling is that maybe a matrix table or flow charts would be the best way to present the information.

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