Re: [Usability] File operations dialog redesign

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 9 Jun 2008, at 03:51, Shaun McCance wrote:

> I know we haven't addressed Cancel/Stop yet for the terminology
> guidelines (and I know I haven't been doing them much lately),
> but the difference between Cancel and Stop (as I'll propose it
> anyway) is that Cancel denotes something that can be backed out
> of completely.

This is also what the HIG says:

	• Label the button Cancel if the whole operation can be cleanly  
abandoned with no side effects, leaving the system in the state it was  
in prior to the operation beginning. Terminate the command immediately  
when the user presses this button.

	• Label the button Stop if the command can be interrupted, but its  
effects up to that point cannot (or should not) be reversed. When the  
user presses this button, open an alert box that warns of the  
potential side effects of stopping the command. The alert box should  
have only two buttons: one for continuing the command's processing,  
and one for immediately terminating it.

<http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/feedback-interrupting.html.en 
>

Cheeri,
Calum.

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