The link to the Microsoft standards is http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwue/html/ welcome.asp This is the official guide for interface developers. Ilana ----- Original Message ----- From: <rudi.clarke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:22 PM Subject: atw: Was Re: Ellipsis now Microsloth CUA query > Hey Michael Edward Yo= u said: > It is all a part of the Microsloth CUA (Common User Access= ) standards that > > Microsloth has been trying to enforce on everyone el= se for years but often > > fails to follow itself. > > (How many varia= tions do you see on what should be the OK and Cancel > buttons!). > > Wh= ere could I find CUA standards documented? I am working on a system that > = has some bizarre uses for OK and Cancel buttons, and some standards would= > =20be useful ammunition for the argument to rationalise / rename the pesk= y > things. Not that I am trying to suggest that Microsloth standards are i= n > anyway desirable, merely that they may be useful ... RegardsRudi Clarke > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > This > e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared = by=20 > MailMarshal -=20 For more information please visit =20 =20 > www.marshalsoftware.com[0]=20 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > ************************************************** > To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. > > To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************************** > ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************