Re: button labels
- From: <tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: emelfm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:10:37 +1000
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:40:32 -0400
Grégory SCHMITT <gy.schmitt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > 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" ?
Thanks Grégory, for starting the ball rolling on this.
Context-specific replacements for No or Cancel are fairly easy. (Several
Cancel's do remain, as mentioned in my previous post).
Likewise, some specific replacements for OK are easy. It's the general ones
that we're struggling with.
So, the essence of your suggestion is: keep current usage of "Apply" and change
some OK's to "Accept".
Not bad! Especially if Apply is the only sensible label for
apply-and-do-not-close.
Regards
Tom
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