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Correct ellipsis use on command buttons #132

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
Per §4.2.2 (Blooper 38: Misuse (or nonuse) of "..." on command labels), page 
232 of Jeff Johnson's "GUI Bloopers: Don'ts and Do's for Software Developers 
and Web Designers":

"Ellipsis is not for any command that opens a window ¶ The "..." should not 
mark commands that simply open a new window.  There are many commands for which 
opening a new window *is* the function of the command; the resulting window is 
not a temporary argument-gathering dialog box.  For example, "Show Network" 
might open a window to display the status of a computer network.  Such a 
command does not bring up a temporary argument-collecting dialog box, and so 
should not include "..." at the end of its label."

Upon reading this paragraph I realized I had already made this mistake several 
times in the development of VisiGraph.  Therefore, a short amount of time 
should be taken to fix the incorrect, misleading labels.  Any affected daily 
tips should also be changed to reflect the new labels.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by 0x24a53...@gmail.com on 18 Aug 2011 at 4:34