I like upload / download, because it's consistent with so many other tools, though not necessarily radio-related tools. I use FileZilla a lot, so I use upload / download there. Cloud storage systems like iCloud and Google Drive talk about upload and download. People download photos from their phones to their computers. I think people are used to upload meaning "send from here to other place / device" and download meaning "bring to my computer from other place / device". I don't think radios need to be different from those common usage patterns.

Martin.

KD6YAM

On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 3:34 PM Dan Smith via chirp_devel <chirp_devel@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

Hi all,

Someone just filed a bug about the fact that CHIRP-next uses only "upload" and "download" in the Radio menu. This wasn't intentional, but is a departure from what it used to be, which is "Upload TO radio" and "Download FROM radio". Changing that completely now *might* catch some users off-guard, but I think he's probably right that the single-word options are too vague.

Any strong opinions on moving from upload/download (to/from radio), to "Read from Radio" and "Write to Radio"? Even "Read" and "Write" might be okay, given they're under the "Radio" menu.

https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/10303?next_issue_id=10301

I initially knee-jerked in my usual hates-change way to moving to read/write but perhaps that would be better, and does (I think) match other software.

--Dan
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