On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Philippe Houdoin <philippe.houdoin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I always thought the ellipsis just indicates that the menu item will open a >> window. > > Usually it indicates the some extra step(s) will be needed before > doing actually what the action text state. > It's also a good indication that the change this action could do will > not apply yet. > > In this case, there is no extra step before actually getting some > "about" information, so ellipsis is not needed. Maybe someone should clarify that in the existing "HIG" that was decided upon some time ago: http://api.haiku-os.org/HIG/ch06s02.html