Re: Comments on dialog proposal
- From: Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>
- To: Liam Quin <liam holoweb net>
- Cc: usability gnome org
- Subject: Re: Comments on dialog proposal
- Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 22:42:39 +0200
Liam Quin wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 01:05:04PM -0700, Adam Elman wrote:
> > "Done" is less of a problem, but I return to my original objection to
> > "Done" by noting that it has absolutely no information about what's
> > going to happen when the button is clicked.
>
> I think the problem is you're looking for a verb to mean
> stop showing this window and don't do anything else
>
> You don't need a button for that -- the window manager's "x" is
> sufficient. But if you do have one, I always liked "Dismiss" because
> it implies only that the window is going away.
>
> Maybe "go away" would be even better, and might make people smile, too.
/me votes for "pass away".
;-)
Christian
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