Re: Two-words and one-words GUI elements

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 16:50 +0100, Calum Benson wrote:
> On 25 Apr 2008, at 16:25, Shaun McCance wrote:
> 
> >
> > Interesting that you and Calum, both usability guys,
> > instinctively went with check and uncheck as verbs,
> > while every style guide out there explicitly says
> > not to do this.
> >
> > It makes me wonder if that particular recommendation
> > is more due to pedantic language luddites than trying
> > to make the language accessible or common.
> 
> 
> My guess would be that it's to get around the fact that "check" is  
> largely an Americanism[1].  (Would be interesting to try and get in  
> touch with the authors of the Apple/MS style guides to hear their  
> rationale in some cases, though... wonder if any of our doc writers at  
> Sun have some contacts there.)

Well, are your old doc guys still around?  Maybe
you could ask Pat or Eugene what their rationale
was when the terminology recommendations were
first made.

--
Shaun