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

  • From: Pete Goodeve <pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 18:48:57 -0700

On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 04:04:38PM -0400, John Scipione wrote:
> I implemented the concept of using UTF-8 characters as modifier key
> labels in menus and, the bitmaps might actually be better, I am not
> sure. Here is what using UTF-8 characters might look like:
> 
> http://imagebin.org/206917
> 
> What do you think?
> 
Personally I prefer the bitmaps.  The symbols add an extra mental
conversion stage -- looking at them they don't convey immediate
meaning, though I suppose they might after some use.

        -- Pete --

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