[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #3284: Change HIG for ellipsis to make sense

  • From: "leavengood" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:54:44 -0000

#3284: Change HIG for ellipsis to make sense
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   Reporter:  tsg1zzn         |      Owner:  stippi
       Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
   Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  R1
  Component:  User Interface  |    Version:  R1/Development
 Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
 Blocked By:                  |   Blocking:
Has a Patch:  0               |   Platform:  All
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Comment (by leavengood):

 Regarding Axel's last post: I think in most cases it is pretty obvious
 whether the window or menu item needs more user input. Overall I agree
 with the premise of the ticket.

 Also I '''strongly''' agree with Axel's assessment from 3 years ago about
 the HIG: while it is a nice start, I think it definitely needs a good look
 over and editing to better match Haiku's philosophy and not just
 DarkWyrm's. Not that he is a bad UI designer, but his opinions may not all
 match the project.

 Also the writing style is a bit cheeky and we may want to adjust that. For
 example the first chapter is called "How to Design Software Good" and that
 is generally not good English grammar, but maybe he was trying to be
 clever. But it would be better to change it to "How to Design Good
 Software" or "How to Design Software Well" (depending on the intended
 meaning.) I have a it on my list to read through the HIG and when I do
 I'll take note of changes needed.

 Regarding editing the HIG: I'm not sure if it was in the source before,
 but now it is at [http://cgit.haiku-
 os.org/haiku/tree/src/documentation/uiguidelines/HaikuHIG.xml
 src/documentation/uiguidelines/HaikuHIG.xml] (one big file.)

 Also regarding the name for an application preferences menu item: given we
 have a whole set of applications called Preferences it makes more sense
 for applications preferences (or settings or options) to be called
 Preferences. This also happens to match Mac OS X (and as I use Mac OS X
 the more I realize that BeOS and Haiku most resemble it.)

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