Okay, so all our apps are buggy and should be fixed? Also, what about "About"?
2013/3/24 Julien Spautz <spautz.jul...@gmail.com> > Actually, the HIG says we should use ellipses for preferences: > > · Is performed in a new window or dialog. For example, Preferences, Report > a Problem, and Customize Toolbar all use ellipses because they open a new > window… > > http://elementaryos.org/docs/human-interface-guidelines/text/using-ellipses > > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Sergey Shnatsel Davidoff < > ser...@elementaryos.org> wrote: > > Hey guys, > > I've notices Noise doesn't use ellipsising for AppMenu items at all: > https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5279564/noise-appmenu.png > "Import to Library" requires further input from the user but it doesn't > have an ellipsis. I believe this is a bug? > > I've looked at how other apps use ellipsising and it's mostly reasonable. > The only thing that bugs me is that "Preferences" and "About" items don't > have ellipses. I recall Windows just eliipsising whatever shows a dialog, > but common sense suggests it's not a good idea, e.g. for About, because it > doesn't require any further input from the user. I'm not sure about > Preferences though. > > So what's our rule of thumb for ellipsising? We don't seem to have any > info on the topic in the HIG. > > -- > Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff > OS architect @ elementary > > -- Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff OS architect @ elementary
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