Re: [HIG] REVIEW: My first-pass review of HIG

[Julian Missig <julian jabber org>]

Just a question, really...
What if I have a Check Menu Item which says "Hide Offline Contacts" 
which is unchecked, and then the user clicks it and it changes to "Show 
Offline Contacts" and has a check mark next to it? The user will see the 
check mark and think that they have "Show Offline Contacts" enabled, no?

Or are you saying we shouldn't be using GTK's CheckMenuItem?

Julian
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Adam Elman wrote:

*SNIP*
> Section 2.1.6 Toggled menu items
>
>     This can be a significant source of UI nastiness.  This section
>     needs to be much less ambiguous.  There should be a note about
>     how to represent different states of menu items -- i.e. via icons
>     in the menu -- and there should be strong recommendations to
>     avoid some common mistakes made in this area.  These mistakes
>     include:
>
>     * Confusing menu items acting as radio buttons in a group with menu
>     items acting as checkboxes.  Can these be distinguished in GTK by
>     different icons?  If not, we should recommend that the two types
>     of toggle menu items should never be available together in the
>     same menu.
>
>     * Ambiguous names for toggle menu items which make it difficult for
>     the user to determine the actual state.  For instance, "Use
>     Grid," which might either change to "<check> Use Grid" or "Don't
>     Use Grid."  Instead, use an unambiguous command like "Turn Grid
>     On" which changes to "Turn Grid Off".  (This example is from the
>     Mac HIG, so we should find another.)
*SNIP*