Re: [Usability]Re: Should the HIG advise use of Check and Radio menu items?

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

tor 2002-12-12 klockan 09.04 skrev Michael Toomim:
> >>  ----------------
> >>|  View          |
> >>|----------------|
> >>|  Hide Menubar  |
> >>|  Fullscreen    |
> >>  ----------------
> > 
> > No. It would look like this:
> > 
> >  ----------------
> > |  View          |
> > |----------------|
> > |   Menubar      |
> > |   Fullscreen   |
> >  ----------------
> > 
> > "Hide menubar" should only be used if a checkbox isn't used, since the
> > negation is a redundant and only confusing layer here -- instead of the
> > checkbox simply representing the existence of the object, it represents
> > the non-existence of the object, which is the opposite of the affordance
> > of the checkbox itself.
> 
> Ok, sounds reasonable.  To further refine this hypothetical menu, I 
> think it should probably be:
> 
>   ----------------
> |  View          |
> |----------------|
> |  Show Menubar  |
> |  Fullscreen    |
>   ----------------
> 
> This way the action is clearer when there's no check next to the menu-item.

I think changing menu labels is really a no-no in general, and
especially when it comes to check box labels. How are you supposed to
know that it's the same option selected or deselected if its label
changes?


Christian