Re: Translating "yes" and "no" as answers to specific questions

[Dokuro <dario soto gmail com>]

that was the best point given in the whole discussion, and the HIG has
the solution to a problem that should not exist if devs followed the
HIG a bit more....

2008/4/12 Wouter Bolsterlee <uws+gnome xs4all nl>:
> 2008-04-07 klockan 16:21 skrev Thomas Thurman:
>
> > I was working the other day on bug 335763, which allowed zenity yes/no
>  > dialogues to have arbitrary text on the "yes" and "no" buttons.  It
>  > occurred to me today that this is actually a more general problem for
>  > yes/no dialogues in languages where the answers to such questions depend
>  > on the verb used.  (I know Irish and Welsh have this feature.)
>
>  According to the Gnome HIG, yes/no dialogs should be avoided:
>
>  | Button Phrasing
>  |
>  | Write button labels as imperative verbs, for example Save, Print. This
>  | allows users to select an action with less hesitation. An active phrase
>  | also fits best with the button's role in initiating actions, as contrasted
>  | with a more passive phrase. For example Find and Log In are better buttons
>  | than than Yes and OK.
>
>  Source: http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/windows-alert.html.en#alert-button-order
>
>   mvrgr, Wouter
>
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