Re: funny choice of words in GDM UI

[Bryan Clark <bclark redhat com>]

On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 10:44 +0530, Archana wrote:
> I agree with David, It should be changed. It should be either [Shutdown] 
> or [OK].

Lets use the imperative verb [Shutdown], the HIG explicitly states [1]
against using [OK] buttons whenever possible.

Cheers,
~ Bryan

[1] http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/draft_hig_new/windows-alert.html#alert-button-order

> Stefan Scheffler wrote:
> 
> > David Morse schrieb:
> >
> >>
> >> She did Actions>Shut Down.  So far so good.
> >> Then comes the confirmation dialog:
> >> *
> >> Are you sure you want to shut down the machine?
> >>
> >> [CANCEL]    [HALT]
> >>
> >> *
> >
> >
> > What's even worse about this is that, after reading your mail, it took 
> > me like half a minute torealise whats wrong with that ... I think I've 
> > been using linux too long .. or I just need more sleep :D
> >
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