Re: HIG says "Page Setup" not "Page Setup..."

["Iain *" <iaingnome gmail com>]

> > > For Preferences or Page Setup, the dialog is what you're
> > > intending to do.
> >
> > I think the HIG's recommendation of "Preferences" over "Preferences..."
> > is also a bug. <http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169447>
> >

> Shaun
>
> > > With the exception of user interface designers, nobody ever intends to
> > "do a dialog".
>
> Following is a list of some menu items in Nautilus that, for
> one reason or another, open another window.  For clarity's
> sake, could you tell me which ones you would put ellipses on?
>
> File -> Open Parent
> Places -> Home (Computer, etc.)
> Places -> Edit Bookmarks
> Help -> Contents
> Help -> About

Surely the ellipsis is to indicate actions that are not completed once
the dialog opens
Preferences should be Preferences . . . because the intended action
(Setting the preferences) is not complete once the dialog is opened.
Help->About doesn't need one, as the action (Look at the about box) is
completed by opening the dialog.
Page Setup should be Page Setup . . . because the action (Set up the
page) is not completed once the dialog is opened, further action is
needed before the page setup is complete.

thats always how I understood it all.
(And to answer the question above: "File -> Open Parent" needs ...,
the rest do not)

iain