Re: [Usability] Re: Shouldn't "Finish" vs "Close" decision be made in the HIG [WAS: "Finish" vs. "Close" in gnome-control-center dialogs]


--- Rodney Dawes <dobey@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This is an incorrect assumption. All dialogs with a
close button should
not be switched to a Finish button. They should be
changed to use the
label and icon most appropriate for what the dialog
does. In the case of
the background properties dialog, I determined that
we should use the
GTK_STOCK_APPLY icon (because the OK/close icons
suck), with the label
of Finish. This may not be the best combination for
other properties or
preferences dialogs. It is certainly not a good
thing for error dialogs,
and other similar alert dialogs.

Or for something like a Find dialog.
'Finish' in there would suggest to me that clicking it
would restore the cursor or selection to its state
before I summoned the Find dialog.

I do think however that we should be consistent across
all preference tools.



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