[haiku-development] Re: Key roles vs. key label in menus

  • From: Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:45:45 +0100

On 11/16/2011 09:20 PM, John Scipione wrote:
We can use the PLACE OF INTEREST (0xe28c98) for B_COMMAND_KEY, OPTION
KEY (0xe28xaf) for B_OPTION_KEY, ^ for B_CONTROL_KEY (0x5e), UPWARDS
WHITE ARROW (0xe287a7) for B_SHIFT_KEY and UPWARDS WHITE ARROW FROM
BAR (0xe287aa) for B_CAPS_KEY.

I'm not against translating them, but I think those symbols are strongly connotated with Apple. Using them would just look like we want to be like Apple, and that would certainly give the wrong impression. I don't particularly like it, therefore, but I'm a fan of having text instead of images in the UI anyway - why use a hard to decipher icon (you'd have to learn what they mean) when there is a simple 4 letter word that makes everything clear?

Bye,
   Axel.

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