Re: button labels

On 7/19/08, tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx <tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  "Cancel" is used only in circumstances where there there is some element of 
> "undo", like the config dialog.
>
In case there is no "undo" element, "Close" could do the job.
Although, in HIG-compliant applications that I know of (OGMRip, the
Xfce horde, etc.), "Close" is used even when "undo" _should_ be
possible, say in configuration dialogues.


>  OR, maybe leave "Apply" as is, and use something like "Commit" for "OK". 
> Trouble is, that retains the current disparity between "apply" and 
> "apply-to-all"
>
"Commit" seems the more intuitive for "OK".


On 7/19/08, Grégory SCHMITT <gy.schmitt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What about "Apply" for "Apply", "Cancel" for "No", and "Accept" for
>  "OK" ?
>
Another possibility for "OK" is "Apply and Close".

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