Re: Comments on dialog proposal

[Adam Elman <aelman users sourceforge net>]

At 6:28 PM -0400 9/5/01, Brian Crescimanno wrote:
> I definately prefer "close" to either "dismiss" or "go away."  I agree
> that "go away" has kind of a laid back feel to it, but it would start to
> get annoying after a while.
>
> What if, perhaps, the button said "I'm done" rather than just done.
> That implies to the user "I'm done with this window" which suggests that
> the window will subsequently go away.

Using first-person in an interface is dangerous; who is "I" in this 
case?  Is it the computer, or the user?

I think labeling an action button with a verb describing what will 
happen when it is pressed is the best route, so I prefer "Close".

Adam
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