[Usability] colon ':' in text field label

[Luca Bruno <lethalman88 gmail com>]

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Hello,
I'm new to the mailing list. I'm using GTK+ and GNOME since years.
I'm a software developer who uses GTK+, and I would like to discuss about an HIG proposal of mine.

HIG now suggests to use ':' in the text field label (label + entry):
http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/design-text-labels.html.en

"If the label precedes the control it is labelling, end the label with a colon."

Personally, in my applications I always avoid using ':' such way, it's redundant for the UI and it's one more character to keep in consideration for the user eyes.
I actually use ending ':' in labels when the text field or other widgets are at the bottom, for layout matters.

These are some screenshots of my latest application:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/2743364149_3258418491_o.png
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2743368623_842a83468c_o.png

What do you think about? Are colons really a need?

Thanks for any reply.

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