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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: kdemultimedia (setCheckedState)
From:       "Jamethiel Knorth" <jamethknorth () hotmail ! com>
Date:       2004-05-19 19:12:54
Message-ID: BAY7-F76iYGoVEmK3xv0001e26c () hotmail ! com
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>From: Harri Porten <porten@froglogic.com>
>Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 14:01:12 +0200 (CEST)
>
>On Wed, 19 May 2004, David Faure wrote:
>
> > > I have to agree with Scott and Malte for the same reasons they gave.  
>Why
> > > wasn't the first solution chosen?
> >
> > Do you really think "Toolbar Foobar Visible" makes a good menu item 
>name?
>
>I'd just leave out verbs/adjectives, call it "Foobar Toolbar" and let
>the check mark denote whether it is visible or not. Easy and quick to
>understand. I see Mozilla does it this way, too.

How is that easier to understand? That means absolutely nothing unless you 
already know what it means!

"Okay, there is 'Main Toolbar', and it is checked. What is a checked 
toolbar? Does that mean it exists?"

If the entry states what it is going to do, that is straightforward.

"The entry says, 'Hide Main Toolbar'. Gee, I bet it hides the main toolbar."

Toggling the text maintains that a menu entry always says what it will do. 
This is good for consistency throughout the system.

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