There's a third word that suggests termination of a task: "abort". Is it the same of "stop", or do we assume it is something that happens a lot more abruptly? I think that "abort" is mostly for unwanted effects, and thus should never be used in e.g. clickable UI buttons. Cheers, Matteo On mer, 2008-08-06 at 14:28 -0500, Shaun McCance wrote: > ============================================================ > cancel > End an operation without leaving any side effects. Only use > "cancel" if the operation can be ended cleanly, leaving the > system in the same state as before the operation was started. > Use "stop" instead if ending the operation will result in > partial effects of the operation remaining. > ============================================================ > stop > End an operation leaving some side effects. Use stop if the > operation cannot be ended cleanly, or if ending the operation > will leave it partially completed. Use "cancel" instead if > the operation can be ended cleanly with no side effects. > ============================================================ > > We don't currently have recommendations for these in the > Style Guide, but this jives with the HIG's recommendation: > > http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/feedback-interrupting.html.en > > Suggestions on better wording are welcome. > > -- > Shaun > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-doc-list mailing list > gnome-doc-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list
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