On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:37:49 +0200, François Revol wrote: > I didn't check the Haiku guidelines but IIRC we deal with that somewhere... > actually here it is: > http://api.haiku-os.org/HIG/ch06s02.html > > "ellipsis is a series of 3 dots (...) used to tell the user that a > control, often a menu item or button, will open a window."
Here's the AmigaOS one for reference: http://wiki.amigaos.net/index.php/UI_Style_Guide_Menus#Ellipsis However that's still using the old wording which is deemed to be incorrect (the screenshot is wrong too!) Telling the user the option will open a menu or requester is meaningless, as you would get things like "New window..." (it's obvious it opens a new window). Whereas notifying that the option isn't going to complete immediately is more helpful: "Open URL" opens the URL showing in the URL bar "Open URL..." opens a requester which asks which URL you want to open Extrapolating further: "Open URL in new window" opens the URL showing in the URL bar in a new window "Open URL in new window..." opens a requester which asks which URL you want to open, and then opens it in a new window A bit contrived but there is a clear difference between the last two, which would be lost of the ellipsis just meant a window was going to open. Chris
