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

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 11:35, Christian Rose wrote:

> 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?

BTW, I forget if it's been mentioned already or not, but the HIG does
offer some advice on this whole topic, albeit not the most startling :)
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/menus.html#menu-item-type-mutable

Cheeri,
Calum.

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