On 22 Feb 2010, at 17:17, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > Matthew Paul Thomas wrote on 22/02/10 17:13: >> >> 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.)" > > Attached. Have just submitted a slightly-modified version of this patch (attached), which improves the tagging, updates the "What's New" section, and bumps the stable version of the HIG to 2.2.1. Have made the same changes to the unstable version, which is bumped to 2.3.1. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Interaction Designer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:calum benson sun com OpenSolaris Desktop Team http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems
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