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drwexLet's say that you have a template-like thing (if you use Word or similar you might be familiar with what they call "Template documents"). When you 'open' that thing in fact what happens is you get a copy of the thing. You could open it many times and have lots of copies.
When you make a change to the thing you have open in front of you it ends up that you change just that one. You don't change the original (template) nor do you change any of the other copies you opened. That's good if you just want to make one change, but it's a royal pain in the ass if you want to change the same thing everywhere.
So imagine that I'm going to give you two capabilities, one to save just what you did locally and one to make what you did on this one be a change for all the others. The first one is pretty typically called "Save" or "Apply" and most people seem to be OK with that.
But what would you expect the other one to be called? I can't very well make a button that says "Make this change here and also to all the others" because it's too long and people will laugh at it. I can also thinks of a few techy ways to say it, but mostly what I want is a concise way to express that thought which will make sense to non-computer geeks.
What would you call it?
When you make a change to the thing you have open in front of you it ends up that you change just that one. You don't change the original (template) nor do you change any of the other copies you opened. That's good if you just want to make one change, but it's a royal pain in the ass if you want to change the same thing everywhere.
So imagine that I'm going to give you two capabilities, one to save just what you did locally and one to make what you did on this one be a change for all the others. The first one is pretty typically called "Save" or "Apply" and most people seem to be OK with that.
But what would you expect the other one to be called? I can't very well make a button that says "Make this change here and also to all the others" because it's too long and people will laugh at it. I can also thinks of a few techy ways to say it, but mostly what I want is a concise way to express that thought which will make sense to non-computer geeks.
What would you call it?
