Re: button labels
- From: Grégory SCHMITT <gy.schmitt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: emelfm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:40:32 -0400
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> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:50:29 +1000
> De: <tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> À: emelfm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sujet: button labels
> Hello everyone.
>
> I decided to conform to HIG (and Liviu's suggestion) and make all
> dialog-button labels a verb i.e. no more "OK" "yes": or "no" (and
> translated analogues).
>
> "Cancel" is used only in circumstances where there there is some
> element of "undo", like the config dialog.
>
> In many instances, the former "OK" is best changed to "Apply". This
> leaves a gap where that label was used to now, in effect "apply and
> wait for further instruction" or "apply and keep the dialog open"
>
> Sofar I've been considering "Proceed", also "Continue", "Stay". None
> of these are greatly intuitive. "Abide" anyone ? (joke)
What about "Apply" for "Apply", "Cancel" for "No", and "Accept" for
"OK" ?
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Grégory SCHMITT <mailto:gy.schmitt@xxxxxxxxx>
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