Re: [HIG] Naming

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs noisehavoc org>]

On 07Nov2001 08:31AM (-0800), Kathy Fernandes wrote:
>
> While I agree that design decisions should be based on user testing, 
> are there design conventions such as action names, order of menu 
> contents, shortcuts that we want to "strongly encourage" (require?) 
> developers to use (to ensure consistency across applications within a 
> system)?  Are there some guidelines that need to be stated as "shall" 
> rather than "should" so that this happens?

Some should be worded more strongly than others. In some cases it's OK
to use a very strong word like "shall" or "must".

 - Maciej