Re: Some string changes in GTK+

["Matthias Clasen" <matthias clasen gmail com>]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Sven Neumann <sven gimp org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 15:12 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote:
>> I have just fixed http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=547211
>> and moved a few mnemonics around to avoid a conflict:
>>
>> _Forget password immediately  -> Forget password _immediately
>> _Remember password until you logout  -> Remember password until you _logout
>> _Remember forever  ->  Remember _forever
>
> These are not very well chosen. From the HIG:
>
>  Also, it is better not to assign access keys to "thin" letters (such
>  as lowercase i or l), or letters with descenders (such as lowercase
>  g or y) unless it is unavoidable. The underline does not show up very
>  well on those characters in some fonts."
>
> Perhaps you want to try to find some characters that are better suited?

I think it is more important to  have mnemonics that actually have
some mnemonic value, than picking them based on what renders best...