Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Packet vs. Frame

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From: "Ulf Lamping" <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 09:52:13 +0100
> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:16:31 -0800 (PST)
> From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Packet vs. Frame
> To: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
> Cc: ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Hmmm, I had to reformat paras. Can you switch wrap on please?

As I'm currently using a web gui to read/write my mail, I have no such option :-(
Sorry for that. I will try to wrap lines by hand, if they will become too long.

> 
> I think that in view of the fact that 'packet' is a generic term, and that 
> we use more specific terms in the tree view pane, and that different 
> protocols use different terms for what are essentially the same, we SHOULD 
> use 'Packet' for GUI items, and use the protocol preferred term when it 
> comes to individual protocols.
> 

That's exactly reflecting my opinion on this topic :-)

Regards, ULFL
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