Re: [Evolution-hackers] Compose should follow Dialog HIG (re location of Send button)

[Rodney Dawes <dobey novell com>]

The Compose windows is NOT a dialog. Conceptually or in practice. It has
menus. It has toolbars. It has Minimize/Maximize icons. It is a window.
I don't know what the sound juicer UI is like, but the Compose window in
Evolution is not a dialog. Please do not try to make it act like one.

-- dobey

On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 15:35 +1000, Nigel Tao wrote: 
> I missed the UI Hackfest, but I'll share an idea I had the other day.
> For the short story, just check out
> http://browserbookapp.sourceforge.net/misc/send-button-moves-to-bottom-right.png
> 
> Conceptually, the "compose mail" window is like a dialog, and
> accordingly, the HIG says that the "affirmative button" should be in the
> bottom right corner - think of the Close button in a regular dialog, or
> the Extract button in Sound Juicer.
> 
> The "Send" button is analogous here, and my argument is then it should
> live in the bottom right corner (for LTR locales).  And possibly
> re-labelled as "Send and Close".
> 
> Thoughts?
> Nigel.
>