On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Raphael Bosshard wrote: > Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 11:49:36 +0100 > From: Raphael Bosshard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Usability] "Finish" vs. "Close" in gnome-control-center dialogs > > Hello there, > > can someone of you usability-gurus take a look at h > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334947 and voice an opinion? > > The bug is about "Close" and a close-icon-button vs. a "Finish" and an > ok-icon-button.
Close has the advantage of an existing GTK_STOCK_CLOSE which if used correctly means it gets translated in GTK once and for all. However the GtkAssistant (Wizard) will need to have a Finish button so there probably will/should be an item added to GTK for GTK_STOCK_FINISH too. Since Dobey says the button label was changed to 'Finish' after user testing I'm not inclined to disagree with the nice people at Novell (but if you really wanted to nit-pick you could ask about how the testing was conducted, if the sample of users and test case was really representative, ask if an instant apply dialog is absolutely necessary and as has already been done in the bug report point out the inconsistency of doing it for only one applet ;) It is a pity this inconsistency wasn't caught before Gnome 2.14 or changed in all applets at the same time but but there just aren't enough hours in the day :( > I actually don't care which one get's adopted, but it should be > consistent throughout the desktop >From the bug report I dont think anyone actually disagrees. Consistency is good. > and I guess you guys know more about that kind of things than I do. So Anyone can join the mailing list. I don't claim to be an expert, a good knowledge of the Gnome Human Interface Guidelines is a start. > before I file a bug against all other capplets, maybe you can take a > look. Hope that helps Sincerely Alan Horkan Inkscape http://inkscape.org Abiword http://www.abisource.com Open Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org Alan's Diary http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
