D7 Field UI: Simplify name to "fields" [#864942]

In "Admin by task" (image in this post), I'd like to suggest that we rename the entry from:

FIELD UI
> Field List
   Overview of fields on all entity types

FIELDS
> Field List
   Overview of data fields used by content types

I would argue that "UI" and "entity" are rather technical/programmers' words.

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Comments

Comment #1

yched CreditAttribution: yched commented 26 July 2010 at 12:57

"content types" = node types

The list involves all entity types, not just nodes.

Comment #2

iantresman CreditAttribution: iantresman commented 26 July 2010 at 13:01

How about " Overview of data fields used". Only programmers will understand "entity".

Comment #3

joachim CreditAttribution: joachim commented 26 July 2010 at 15:52

'Overview of data fields used' is just paraphrasing 'Field list', so isn't helpful.

'Overview of all data fields on all entities, such as nodes, taxonomy terms, and so on.' -- a bit wordy but gives the non-programmer context to understand what an entity is.

Comment #4

iantresman CreditAttribution: iantresman commented 26 July 2010 at 16:40

I don't think there are any space restrictions, so a couple of line which helps the novice, must be a good thing.

Comment #5

Stalski CreditAttribution: Stalski commented 29 August 2012 at 20:59

I think the original message is the best. People looking at the field list should be familiar with the word entity. Drupal calls it that way, so that's what site builders will see and work with.