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Subject:    Re: State of the wiki pages
From:       "Jos Poortvliet" <jos () mijnkamer ! nl>
Date:       2007-08-22 9:54:21
Message-ID: 5c77e14b0708220254w7053e551rfc2e6d38b3739750 () mail ! gmail ! com
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DISCLAIMER: /me not usability person
But unfortunately, those generally seem unable to respond to mails on this
mailinglist, most likely due to being busy.

On 8/22/07, Frederik Schwarzer <schwarzerf@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I looked for information about the ellipsis in menu items and found two
> slightly different instructions when to use them.
>
> [1] "In menus, ellipses (...) indicate that the command specified by a
> menu
> item needs further input or specifications."
> (And some more detailed information.)
>
> [2] "Use ellipsis if the command opens another window or dialog."


It's pretty equivalent, isn't it? though 2 is more clear, I guess...

I know that the guidelines are in progress and not considered final, but
> here
> it is kinda confusing because I haven't found the page over the main page
> so
> I didn't see the satate of the document. Maybe it is a good idea to mark
> the
> pages itself in addition to the menu links that lead to them. So it would
> be
> possible for visitors coming from [search engine of your choice] to see if
> it
> is final or not.
>
> Another thing: Are the guidelines on green pages meant to be applied for
> 4.0
> already?


I think, yes.

regards
>
>
> [1] http://wiki.openusability.org/guidelines/index.php/Menus:Items
> [2]
> http://wiki.openusability.org/guidelines/index.php/Guidelines:Menu_Items
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DISCLAIMER: /me not usability person<br>But unfortunately, those generally seem \
unable to respond to mails on this mailinglist, most likely due to being \
busy.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"> \
Frederik Schwarzer</b> &lt;<a \
href="mailto:schwarzerf@gmail.com">schwarzerf@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi,<br><br>I looked for \
information about the ellipsis in menu items and found two<br>slightly different \
instructions when to use them.<br><br>[1] &quot;In menus, ellipses (...) indicate \
that the command specified by a menu <br>item needs further input or \
specifications.&quot;<br>(And some more detailed information.)<br><br>[2] &quot;Use \
ellipsis if the command opens another window or \
dialog.&quot;</blockquote><div><br>It&#39;s pretty equivalent, isn&#39;t it? though 2 \
is more clear, I guess...  <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
padding-left: 1ex;">I know that the guidelines are in progress and not considered \
final, but here<br> it is kinda confusing because I haven&#39;t found the page over \
the main page so<br>I didn&#39;t see the satate of the document. Maybe it is a good \
idea to mark the<br>pages itself in addition to the menu links that lead to them. So \
it would be <br>possible for visitors coming from [search engine of your choice] to \
see if it<br>is final or not.<br><br>Another thing: Are the guidelines on green pages \
meant to be applied for 4.0<br>already?</blockquote><div><br>I think, yes.  \
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">regards<br><br><br>[1] <a \
href="http://wiki.openusability.org/guidelines/index.php/Menus:Items"> \
http://wiki.openusability.org/guidelines/index.php/Menus:Items</a><br>[2] <a \
href="http://wiki.openusability.org/guidelines/index.php/Guidelines:Menu_Items">http://wiki.openusability.org/guidelines/index.php/Guidelines:Menu_Items
 </a><br>_______________________________________________<br>kde-usability mailing \
list<br><a href="mailto:kde-usability@kde.org">kde-usability@kde.org</a><br><a \
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 </a><br></blockquote></div><br>



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