Re: When should we use "..." for menu items?

[Charles Manske]

Henri Sivonen wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Charles Manske 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> The "Property" items in Microsoft products, such as WordPad (I would 
>> assume Word) and VC++ editor don't use "..."
> 
> 
> I think Apple's HIG overrides Microsoft's practice.
> 
> Prefereces... is supposed to have the ellipsis according to the Mac OS 8 
> HIG addition. 
Then I think that disagrees with the Mac guidlines that Simon pointed us 
to. Setting the preferences is the end goal, not "extra input" toward 
some other goal. Thus no "..." should be used, just like the "Info" example.

I think it is safe to extrapolate that Properties... 
> should have an ellipsis, too. 
> (http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/HIGOS8Guide/thig-54.html#HEADING
> 54-0)