On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 08:51:34PM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote: > On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 10:18:08AM +0100, Martin Sj?gren wrote: > > [snip] > > > <Continue> works the same in all types of questions, it accepts the > > currently marked value and returns control to the backend program (e.g. > > a postinst script). Continue is used instead of OK or something else > > because the whole installer works sort of like a wizard. > > In that case, perhaps Next is better than Continue?
No. Button texts should be verbs or verb phrases. Both Apple [1] and GNOME [2] do this. We have discussed this countless times and we decided on Continue and Go Back, which is also what Apple [3] uses. [1] http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGControls/chapter_18_section_2.html [2] http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/controls.html#controls-buttons [3] http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGFirstImpressions/chapter_6_section_5.html /Martin -- Martin Sjögren [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +46 (0)31 7490880 Cell: +46 (0)739 169191 GPG key: http://www.strakt.com/~martin/gpg.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
