> > The ellipsis: Open File.. and Save As... imply that a name of the file > is required, rather than confirmation.
I think in mainstream use it really just implies a very generic concept of "input is needed from the user before the action will occur". E.g. in Mac OS X, go to the Finder menu and you'll see "Empty Trash...". If you click on that you get a dialog asking you to confirm this action. You see the same use of the ellipsis in the "Apple" menu for "Restart..." and "Shut Down..." where again you get a confirmation dialog. These don't require you to input any text like in a Save As... or Open File... but to me are also valid uses of the ellipsis. I like "Delete" and "Delete now" but agree that these make more sense when they exist together or when the user has seen both appear and hopefully remembers that they appeared differently. Dev On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Alinta Thornton <[email protected]>wrote: > You could consider using different labelling. For instance, Delete and > Remove, or Delete and Hide, or Delete and Move to trash. > > I don't think Delete now and Delete would work. This solution would > depend on the user having first seen the "Delete now", comparing the > two, and realising they are different. The labels aren't different > enough in my view since Delete on its own might mean "now". > > The ellipsis: Open File.. and Save As... imply that a name of the file > is required, rather than confirmation. > > Delete? is quite a good option because it implies a question that the > user must answer before the action is taken. > > Colour coding on its own is problematic, especially red, for colour > blind users. Combined with different labelling it might be helpful > though. > > > Alinta Thornton > User Experience Lead > > > independent digital media > web publishing | marketing+technology services | publisher solutions > Westside, Level 2 Suite C, 83 O'Riordan Street, Alexandria NSW Australia > 2015 PO Box 7160, Alexandria, NSW 2015 W www.idmco.com.au > > B http://eezia.blogspot.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Elizabeth Bacon > Sent: Sunday, 19 April 2009 1:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Two \"Delete\" behaviors - one type of > label? > > I support Dev in suggesting the ellipsis "..." to differentiate related > controls where the difference is that one acts immediately and the other > requires confirmation. A confirmation of a delete is technically a > dialog box, although a lightweight one, and the ellipses is a convention > here. "Delete" and "Delete..." are nicely differentiated. Although I > like the idea of "Delete now" and "Delete" as similar in efficiency. > > Cheers, > Liz > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=41286 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe > ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines > ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. > http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
