On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 17:10 +0000, Allan Day wrote: > Richard Hughes wrote: > > On 23 March 2011 11:08, Allan Day <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Software aside, we really need that new version of the HIG that we've > > > been talking about (Calum has been taking this forward recently)! > > > > In related news, I have no idea what the HIG is supposed to be for > > 3.0. Some control center panels have gray labels without the colon, > > some have black labels with the colon. > > We don't specify different label colours by design, do we? > > The HIG specifies that labels should have colons [1]. Maybe that should > change in the future, but I haven't heard about it.
We use a slightly grayed out text and no colons when there's a list of information, arranged in a table, as can be seen in the Bluetooth settings. This is so that the labels don't distract from the actual content they label. > > Some are right aligned, some > > are left aligned. > > I'm not aware of there having been any changes there. Left alignment is > the default. Right alignment can be nice, but sometimes doesn't play > well with the demands of an interface (it doesn't work when you need to > use indentation, for example). If in doubt, just left align like the HIG > recommends. > > In general, the HIG can be followed just fine. Updates and changes are > covered by the application integration guidelines [2] and by the > (rudimentary!) GtkSwitch guidelines [3]. (It is fine to ignore switches > for the time being. Just ask on #gnome-design if you're unsure.) > > But yes, it'll be much clearer once the new HIG is done! Switches are useful for settings, and possibly applications that drive devices, not for most applications anyway. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
