[Usability] Re: Shouldn't "Finish" vs "Close" decision be made in the HIG [WAS: "Finish" vs. "Close" in gnome-control-center dialogs]

[Rodney Dawes <dobey novell com>]

This is an incorrect assumption. All dialogs with a close button should
not be switched to a Finish button. They should be changed to use the
label and icon most appropriate for what the dialog does. In the case of
the background properties dialog, I determined that we should use the
GTK_STOCK_APPLY icon (because the OK/close icons suck), with the label
of Finish. This may not be the best combination for other properties or
preferences dialogs. It is certainly not a good thing for error dialogs,
and other similar alert dialogs.

-- dobey


On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 09:45 +0100, Jaap Haitsma wrote:
> We are now discussing if capplets should have a Finish button instead of
> a Close button. If we agree to change that then in my opinion the HIG
> should be changed and all dialogs with a Close button should have a
> Finish button instead. Otherwise it will just lead to confusion
> 
> Jaap
>