[Usability]Ellipses ("...") in menu items

[Yanko Kaneti <yaneti declera com>]

Hi

Now that I've finally read carefully the HIG section about the ellipses
I'd like tho share my perspective on why I think its wrong and why every
menuitem that opens any kind of dialog should be ellipsized.

The current idea is that the ellipsis should inform the user whether
there would be some additional input required on his/her part after he
chooses the item.

I think this overlooks the fact that in many cases the ellipsis carries
another piece of information for the user - whether by chosing the item
some (mysterious) action would be immediately performed (and he/she will
be immeadiately screwed) - or - nothing will be performed immediately
and some more choice/text/whatever will be presented (from which he/she
would be able to escape in fear usually by pressing Escape)

Please notice the tilt in the parenthesis. 
I believe most people, especially the ones coming from windows land
would rather expect _that_ information from the ellipses. Presented with
something sticking to the the current recommendation they will be
challenged a bit more than necessary (remember,  they were challenged to
even read  and comprehend the damned text of the menuitem). 



Apologies if this is comming late (HIG 1.0 is already out). I was under
the very wrong immpression that galeon was doing the right thing
HIG-wise and that some _other_ apps were broken.


Regards
Yanko