On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 21:44 -0400, Jean-Francois Arseneau wrote: > So I've submitted bug #78025, which requests changing the "Play" > button [in Jokosher] to "Pause" when it's playing, but as Laszlo reminded me, > that's > not according to the Gnome HIG. Chapter 5 of the Gnome HIG specifies > under Media Player Toolbars: "Show separate Stop and Pause buttons. Do > not change Play to Pause while the clip is playing." The thing is, > I've yet to find a Gnome application that has a seperate "Play" and > "Pause" button, nobody's actually following the Gnome HIG and if we > would, it would eat up more space. > > Totem and Banshee both have a "Play" button that becomes "Pause" once > some kind of media is playing, while Rhythmbox's "Play" button works > exactly like the one in Jokosher. > > So... What should be done?
What should be done is to involve the Gnome usability mailing list, who are now being so asked with this mail :) What's the motive for the HIG's mandate to separate Play/Pause, and is it still valid? sil _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
