>Carl, I am horrified. :-)
[Maniacal laughter] :)
>Are you seriously suggesting that you or your uses can figure out
>what each button bitmap means on most applications ? Can you figure
>out what each of the IDE buttons (palette and toolbar) mean without
>looking at the help ?
Um, well they do have hints you know! Isn't a picture with a hint
better than just the hint without the picture? You're not seriously
suggesting ( :) ) that we would be better off if the IDE was full of
buttons with "TScrollBox" and "TClientDataSet" on them - I hope?!
Speedbuttons, or toolbar buttons, are the ideal solution IMHO.
Cheers,
Carl Reynolds Ph: +64-9-4154790
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> Subject: RE: [DUG]: One button or two
>
> Carl, I am horrified. :-)
>
> Are you seriously suggesting that you or your uses can figure out
> what each button bitmap means on most applications ? Can you figure
> out what each of the IDE buttons (palette and toolbar) mean without
> looking at the help ?
>
> Even latest MS multi-million dollar research says to stop using
> bitmaps or add text. Not that we needed that to figure it out.
>
> On 3 Sep 99 at 16:08, Carl Reynolds wrote:
>
> > If you're going to spend a bit of time on the UI, consider using
> > toolbars and bitmaps instead of buttons with words. I recommend the
>
>
> Regards
>
> Rohit
>
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