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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: State of the wiki pages
From:       Celeste Lyn Paul <celeste () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-08-22 14:01:54
Message-ID: 200708221001.54725.celeste () kde ! org
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Jos:  You're right on that one (at least for me and I'm pretty sure El has 
been busy this summer with work and the Google SoC project).  Things should 
pick up in the Fall, especially with KDE4 coming.

On Wednesday 22 August 2007 05:54:21 Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> 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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Celeste Lyn Paul
KDE Usability Project
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