[Usability] HIG: Small patch to "Progress windows" section
- From: Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt postinbox com>
- To: Usability <usability gnome org>
- Subject: [Usability] HIG: Small patch to "Progress windows" section
- Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:13:05 +0000
This patch makes small changes to the HIG's "Progress windows" section.
* New: "A progress window should always appear as an independent
window in a window list. If progress of a task makes a window
temporarily unusable, do not present a modal dialog-like progress
window in front of it. Instead, present progress somewhere in the
original window, making all its other elements temporarily
insensitive."
* Removed: "Progress windows should have the same title as their
primary text." (This guideline has often caused redundancy in
progress windows, e.g.
<http://www.dedoimedo.com/images/computers/pendrivelinux_ubuntu_installing.jpg>.
It also usually causes the window
title to inappropriately use header capitalization.)
* Added: "Progress windows should have a title representing the
overall operation: for example “Copying Files”, “Installing”, or
“Calling”. (As with other window titles, do not end progress window
titles with an ellipsis.)"
--
Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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