On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 23:20 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote: > * I have the feeling that the items are not consistent when it comes > to ellipsis. For example, I'm not sure "Take Screenshot" should have > ellipsis, but I think "Search for Files" (I'm not sure what's the > english version of the label...) should.
Well, bearing in mind that ellipses are supposed to be used when "further input is required to complete the operation", Search for Files certainly qualifies. Take Screenshot is a slightly trickier one... you don't give any further input to complete the "take screenshot" operation, so in that respect it shouldn't need an ellipsis. However, you are required to give further input to do anything useful with it afterwards, which makes me think it probably does need one. > The first question is: is this a good idea to have this submenu? Possibly, but you might not want to hide all the connected servers (or removable media devices) behind a submenu just because there are suddenly more than five. One option might be adding separate "More Servers" and "More Devices" submenus when required, which just showed the extra ones, or a single "More Places" submenu that showed both any extra servers and any extra removable devices. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GNOME Desktop Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
