Re: Menu guidelines updated

[thristian atdot org]

On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 07:43:36PM +0100, Calum Benson wrote:
> Paul Joseph Thompson wrote:
> 
> >    Revert: To return to a former condition.
> >            To go back to a previous state
> > 
> > This is exactly what the option done. It takes the current documents,
> > and retuns it to the state that it was in before any modification was in.
> 
> Well, I don't wish to get fully immersed in this debate right now as I'm
> on my way out of the office  :o)  
> 
> But I would just say that a less-savvy user who knows the dictionary
> definition of Revert as you've quoted it might then legitimately ask "so
> what's the difference between 'revert' and 'undo'"?  

I would say "Revert to what?". Items in the File menu are rarely
undo-able, and I'm not going to pick a shiny new menu option to see
what it does if I have any sort of useful work done. And if I save my
work before trying this out, Revert becomes a no-op, greyed out or
with a nasty dialog box.

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