Re: [Usability] Ellipsis on buttons


On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Joachim Noreiko wrote:

Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:38:51 +0000 (GMT)
From: Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Alan Horkan <horkana@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gnome usability <usability@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Usability] Ellipsis on buttons


--- Alan Horkan <horkana@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 23 Mar 2006, at 09:26, Joachim Noreiko wrote:

How do I describe a button that only says '...'?
You describe it as a bug which must be fixed.

I'll file one.

Thank you.

Ccing to the usability list -- does the HIG say
anything about this? Should it?

Yes, it should probably say "don't have buttons
without proper labels on them" :)

I've filed a bug against the HIG for this.

"Buttons: use proper labels"
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335662

I think having a stock label for "Browse..." might
help
encourage developers not to cut corners
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158009

I think for the keyboard model button, "Choose..."
might be better. But maybe that's because I associate
"Browse..." with something involving a file.

Fair enough but as you know I'm big on consistency and that other
operating system uses that term as do a million widgets on web pages.
You can browse a list of options and decide to cancel without actually
choosing anything, it is like the decision to use Find or Search and I
always choose consistency. I would reaffirm what Calum said about using
the labels Open or Browse in most cases.

Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/

_______________________________________________
Usability mailing list
Usability@xxxxxxxxx
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability