Re: button labels
- From: "Liviu Andronic" <landronimirc@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: emelfm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:16:49 +0200
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".
Liviu
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