Stop/Pause [was Re: [Usability] Re: What's new in HIG 2.0]

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 18:44, Keith Sharp wrote:
>  
> > I actually like the suggestion of a separate stop button: "stop" is a
> > something different from "pause" and in my (obviously unscientific)
> > experience, it happened that in front of rhythmbox a couple of my
> > friends asked where was the stop button.

Another reason for having a separate Stop button would be
accessibility-- buttons whose labels change dynamically are a bit of a
pain for screenreaders, because they have to notice and tell you what's
happened somehow.

Having said that, I think the HIG team did vaguely agree in a bug report
somewhere that Stop wasn't strictly necessary so we shouldn't insist
that it was, although personally I always find myself irritated by apps
that don't have it too.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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