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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Options Captions
From:       Benjamin Meyer <icefox () mediaone ! net>
Date:       2002-01-28 18:53:45
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Ok, so when you can have a "Settings" menu and inside that have "Configure 
Xyz..." and then the dialog should have for example "Xyz Configuration"?

-Benjamin Meyer

On Monday 28 January 2002 01:07 pm, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On January 24, 2002 08:34 am, Benjamin Meyer wrote:
> > What should the caption of an options dialog be?
>
> according to:
>
> http://developer.kde.org/documentation/standards/kde/style/basics/settings.
>html
>
> the word is "Configure" ... the standard key configuration dialog says,
> "Configure Key Bindings", and the standard tool bar config dlg says
> "Configure Toolbars" ... however, if you go from app to app you will find
> some use "Settings" and some use "Configure <what you are configuring>"
>
> even worse is the panel which has "Preferences" in it's RMB menu to launch
> its configure dlg which says "Settings" at the top ..
>
> this ought to be standardized .. =)
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