Re: [Setup-tool-hackers] network.glade

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel helixcode com>]

> This has been a UI standard for years.  Years.  It's used by GNOME,
> Windows, and the Mac, and probably KDE.  Not doing this is pretty
> misleading to users, i think.

I have never seen a mislead user for the lack of dots.

It is a practice that never quite got used

> The colon i can agree with; sadly it isn't uniform in gnome apps
> (gnumeric vs. dia).  It isn't even consistent in a given application
> (gnumeric).  I think it just adds some clutter but the mac and windows
> both use it so what do i know.

We can fix Gnumeric if we can find the problematic spots.

> Most GNOME stuff uses left aligned labels, as does windows.  The mac
> uses right-aligned.  I don't know that I have a preference except that
> I think most of GNOME uses left aligned.

I think there is a case made for left alignment in the
uiarchitects.com site.

miguel.

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