Author: mr.heat

Description:
As requested in bug 54646 I report this as a separate issue:

The current labels for the input methods are very short, e.g. "Deutsch" (German). This makes the users think they have to choose this. It's not obvious that the input method is only needed if a user does *not* have German umlauts on his keyboard. But almost all German users have a German keyboard and therefor should keep the "Native" setting or disable the input tools completely.[1]

Unfortunately I don't have a perfect idea for a label. It should say something like "Choose this if you don't have a German keyboard" but this is to long, obviously. Maybe something like "Input helper for umlauts" or "Alternative input for umlauts"?

Other input methods may have the same problem but I'm not familiar with these languages.

[1]Which leads to an other question and maybe an other issue: What's the difference between "Native" and "Disable"? Does this make a difference from the users point of view except for the little keyboard icon next to the edit window?

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement